The surgical intervention is “necessary” due to the worsening of the symptoms presented by the supreme pontiff, informed his medical team, and will require “several days” of hospitalization, according to a statement released by the director of the press service of the Holy See, Matteo Bruni.
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The Argentine pope presided over the general audience this Wednesday morning in St. Peter's Square, in front of thousands of faithful.
“After the general audience, the Holy Father went to the A. Gemelli university hospital, where, in the early afternoon, he will undergo a laparotomy operation and plastic surgery on the abdominal wall with prosthesis, under general anesthesia”, explained Bruni .
Laparotomy is a surgical procedure that involves opening the abdominal cavity.
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“The operation, prepared in recent days by the medical team serving the Holy Father, became necessary because of an incisional hernia that causes recurrent, painful and worsening obstruction syndromes,” Bruni added.
On Tuesday morning, the pope appeared at the Gemelli hospital and underwent “examinations”, but the Vatican did not reveal the procedures.
In July 2021, Francisco spent almost 10 days in the same hospital for colon surgery. He stated that he suffered “after-effects” from the anesthesia.
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At the end of March, the Argentine, elected pope in 2013, was again admitted to Gemmeli hospital to treat a respiratory infection.
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