The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Ben Wilson’s recovery from a badly-broken leg continued last week with another operation at Addenbrooks hospital.
The Kirton racer badly broke his femur in an accident during practice for the North West 200 in May.
He was again treated by a pioneering surgeon at the Cambridgeshire hospital – and it is hoped that Wilson will make a full recovery.
The surgeon has opened up the wound and attached some metal work to each end of the bone so that he can turn the screw four times a day to stretch the bone.
Ben needs to stretch the upper part of the femur by about 16cm so that it will meet the other end of the bone to enable it to fuse together.
It certainly won’t be a quick fix – as this will take up to nine months to achieve.
After his operation Wilson said: “This is day one of growing my leg bone back, 249 days to go. My surgeon is working really hard to make my leg as good as it was before my accident.
“When the X-ray staff say they have never seen as much metal in one leg before you know he has done a good job.
“It’s a new type of metalwork instead of a cage all the way around my leg and I now have to move a part four times a day for nine months.
“I need to grow 16cm of bone and they are confident that 1mm of bone will grow in a day. I think there is a bit more to it than that, but that’s it in simple terms!
“It’s a long road to recovery but I am determined to be match fit as soon possible. I would like to thank everyone for their support and kind wishes, it really does help.”
Wilson is now resting at home as he bids to complete a full recovery.
