He Pope Francis, 86, was rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome for an operation. this afternoon due to the risk of intestinal obstruction. According to the Vatican, after the operation, the pontiff will remain in the medical center for several more days.
The operation, which will be performed under general anesthesia, will begin early this morning. It will consist of laparotomy and plasty of the abdominal wall with a prosthesis. This intervention was deemed urgent after receiving the results of a CT scan, for which he was sent last Tuesday, June 6.
“The operation, organized in recent days by the medical team assisting the Holy Father, became necessary due to a strangulated incisional hernia that causes recurrent, painful and worsening subocclusive syndromes,” the Holy See explained in a brief statement. “The stay in the medical facility will last several days to ensure the normal course of the postoperative period and full functional recovery,” he continued.
This In recent years, this is not the first time the pontiff has been admitted to a medical center for an operation.. Pope Francis has already undergone colon surgery in the summer of 2021. On the other hand, the head of the Catholic Church was also recently hospitalized with bronchitis, from which he recovered satisfactorily after a few days.
Pope Francis, whose real name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio, He turned 86 last December.. His appointment as Pope of the Catholic Church took place in March 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who died on December 31, 2022. He is the first Pope born on the American continent and also the first from the southern hemisphere.
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