Overview
- The operation, performed this week, took more than five hours and combined removal of implanted hardware with reconstruction of Vonn’s anterior cruciate ligament.
- Surgeons removed three metal plates and more than ten screws, items Vonn showed in a clear plastic bag in social posts she used to update fans.
- Vonn said the surgery went well, reported she is home and recovering, and promised further updates to supporters.
- Doctors and Vonn expect about six to nine months for the knee to settle and for the screw holes in the bone to heal, a timeline that all but rules out participation in the 2026/27 World Cup season.
- The procedure closes a months‑long surgical chapter that began with a complex left‑leg fracture at the 2026 Olympics and leaves Vonn, 42, on the U.S. A‑team roster but with an uncertain timetable for any elite comeback, possibly not before 2027/28.