By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has woken from an induced coma after undergoing surgery.
Awoniyi went under the knife this week to repair a serious abdominal injury, Prompt News reports.
The forward sustained the injury after colliding with a goal post late in Nottingham Forest’s 2-2 draw with Leicester City on Sunday.
The Nigeria international was quickly rushed to the hospital on Monday after further scans by Forest’s medical team revealed the extent of the injury.
He will now miss the Tricky Trees last two games of the season against West Ham United and Chelsea.
In an interview with BBC Sport, consultant colorectal surgeon Professor Gillian Tierney stated that injuries like the one Awoniyi sustained can be life-threatening.
“The injury is really serious. It is potentially life-threatening,” said Tierney. “It is very easy to miss at the point of contact and can take hours to diagnose.”
“In a hospital setting we would send a patient for a CT scan which could take up to 10 hours. If it occurred to an athlete who was super fit, very muscular and was running on adrenaline then I think it would be extremely understandable to miss it. Fluid leaking from the intestine would not be easy to diagnose straight away.
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“Surgery is usually required and the stomach would be opened up. The mortality stat is 9%. So if an athlete – who went through the procedure – was really fit, they would stand a good chance of being OK. It would be different if the operation occurred for an 80-year-old, who has other health issues,” he added.
