TV Reporter’s Condition Stable After Latest Surgery
KABC-TV news reporter Adrienne Alpert, who suffered life-threatening burns in a May 22 accident, remained stable in serious condition Friday after a seven-hour surgery.
During the operation, surgeons at the Grossman Burn Center implanted muscle from Alpert’s upper back into her right forearm to replace muscle and tendons destroyed by burns.
The four-member surgical team also placed additional skin grafts on her left leg.
Doctors said Alpert will need more operations, but none will be scheduled for at least 10 days while they wait to see how well the new skin grafts take.
“If they do not take, then they will consider implanting muscle and fatty tissue from Alpert’s abdomen into her left foot to save it,” said Larry Weinberg, a spokesman for Sherman Oaks Hospital and Medical Center.
Doctors have performed amputations previously on Alpert, including her left arm at the elbow and her right leg below the knee.
Alpert, 48, suffered severe burns when the antenna of the broadcast van she was in came near a 34,500-volt power line and touched off an explosion.
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