First Professor of Moscow State Medical University named after Sechenov, surgeon Andrei Shestakov announced that Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov’s feet should be amputated. “News”.
Initially, Telegram channel 112 reported that only the left leg of the skater was amputated, but after a while, TASS reported that both feet of the athlete were amputated.
“In sepsis, pus is dispersed throughout the body. Amputation is done due to severe necrosis of the leg, which catastrophically increases the release of toxins into the body. This is vital so that toxins do not spread completely, ”said Shestakov.
It became known on January 10 that Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized. It was stated that he was taken to the intensive care unit due to pneumonia and was dependent on artificial lung ventilation, and his condition was reported to be extremely serious.
Then the athlete was transferred to the hospital in Kommunarka. Doctors had to perform resuscitation and connect it to ECMO. On January 24, the athlete was disconnected from the apparatus, but continued to have problems with blood circulation.
Before hospitalization, the athlete took part in the ice projects of Ilya Averbukh: from December 29 to January 7, he performed in the show “The Wizard of Oz”, and then skated on an open rink in Kolomna as part of “Winter”. Moscow Region” project.
Earlier it was reported that the champion of the 2006 Olympic Games in speed skating was State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova. said About communication with the wife of figure skater Roman Kostomarov Oksana Domnina. According to Zhurova, Domnina did not answer the athlete’s question about her condition.