A video titled “An unprecedented situation during a trip, Uhm Ji-won’s emergency surgery” was posted March 5 on her YouTube channel, “Uhm Ji-won.”
The video shows Uhm returning to South Korea after suffering an ankle fracture in Japan in February and then having surgery.
Uhm said she was not injured while skiing, but in what she described as a combination of circumstances. “My shoe got stuck in a manhole, so my foot was fixed in place, and my ankle twisted. The bones in my foot were completely shattered,” she said.
She said both the larger and smaller bones were broken, adding that the larger bone “was shattered into pieces,” and that the fracture had been stabilized.
Uhm said she had reviewed the surgical results and found “nothing lacking.” She told viewers they may have been surprised to see her suddenly injured, but said she is recovering well and asked them not to worry. She said she would share updates, including rehabilitation, as she improves.
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