Steven Kitshoff had the six-and-a-half-hour operation in Stellenbosch on Monday, as a piece of bone from his hip was removed and fused with the cervical vertebrae in his neck.
Stormers assistant coach Dawie Snyman , said the team had not heard anything official about the return to rugby for Kitshoff.
“Yeah, look, we haven't spoken to the specialist or got any feedback from his doctors. But he went in and just as he came out of surgery,” said Snyman. “So no update in terms of his situation. The first thing is that we want him to recover and we'll take it from there. Once we've got anything official, we'll definitely make sure everyone knows.”It occurred during a regulation scrum, when Kitshoff said he felt something snap in his neck.
Ahead of the surgery, Kitshoff told Box Office podcast with Jean de Villiers and Schalk Burger, about the nerves he was feeling. “It’s bit of stressful one. It’s such a high area in my neck as well, C1-C2, which is a bit of an issue,” Kitsoff said.Talking about the match itself when he sustained the injury, Kitshoff revealed his harrowing ordeal: “It was quite a fright. It happened in the weirdest way, just a normal scrum. I just felt something snap. I’m getting a neck fusion,” Kitshoff said.
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