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Former skater Kostomarov comes out of coma after microstroke and foot amputation, doctors monitor condition of his left hand

03 Mar 2023
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Olympic ice dancing champion Roman Kostomarov is gradually coming out of a medically induced coma after a microstroke, but doctors continue to monitor the athlete's left hand.

He did have one microstroke, and he is still slowly coming out of the medically induced coma, waking up little by little. It's not a quick process. According to other indicators, he is currently doing fine, but the doctors are closely monitoring the left hand - there are some problems with it.

TASS news agency source

On January 10, Match TV reported on the hospitalization of 46-year-old Kostomarov with signs of unilateral pneumonia and flu. On January 24, it became known that the skater was put on a ventilator and ECMO, and put in a medically induced coma.

On February 7, Kostomarov underwent amputation of his left foot and fingers because of necrosis and sepsis. It was reported that doctors managed to avoid the amputation of his right foot by scraping up the dead tissue.

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