The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Francis is undergoing abdominal surgery at a hospital in Rome, where he is expected to remain for a few days as part of his recovery.
is undergoing abdominal surgery Wednesday at a hospital in Rome to treat an intestinal blockage, the Vatican says.
A statement from the Holy See Press Office said the operation, which was"decided upon over the past few days by the medical team assisting the Holy Father, became necessary due to an incisional laparocele that is causing recurrent, painful and worsening sub-occlusive syndromes," according to Vatican News.
It said the 86-year-old Francis will"undergo a laparotomy and abdominal wall surgery under general anaesthesia" at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital before staying there a few more days"to allow for a normal post-operative course and full functional recovery." RUSSIA ACKNOWLEDGES VATICAN PEACE MISSION AS HOLY SEE TRIES TO ’HELP EASE THE TENSIONS’Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican on Wednesday, June 7.
In July 2021, Francis spent 10 days at Gemelli to remove 13 inches of his large intestine. He had suffered whatwas a severe inflammation and narrowing of the colon. In an interview with The Associated Press in January, Francis said the diverticulosis, or bulges in his intestinal wall that had prompted the 2021 surgery, had returned.
The Argentine pope had part of one lung removed when he was a young man. He also suffers from sciatica nerve pain. In late March, Francis spent three days at Gemelli for an acute case of bronchitis, during which he was treated with intravenous antibiotics. He emerged April 1 saying"Still alive!"
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