Pope Francis undergoes surgery again today under general anesthesia due to the risk of intestinal obstruction

The operation you will undergo today Francisco86 years old, by laparotomy due to “an incarcerated incisional hernia” is again a concern in the Vaticandue to the age of the pontiff and the problems that he himself confessed that he had in his previous intervention with general anesthesia.

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While the pope quietly presided in the st peter’s square the general audience on Wednesdays, the Holy See informed that shortly after he was going to move to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, “where in the early afternoon he will be submitted under general anesthesia to a surgical intervention of laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall with prostheses”.

He Vatican explained that “The operation, arranged in recent days by the medical team assisting the Pope, has become necessary due to an incarcerated incisional hernia that is causing recurrent, painful, and worsening subocclusive syndromes.”

In a recent interview with the US news agency AP, Francisco revealed that he was once again suffering from diverticulathe problem for which he had already had to be operated on in the Gemelli on July 4, 2021, when a small part of the colon was removed, but he added that he was in good health.

This is the third time that the Pope Francisco is admitted to the Roman hospital to which John Paul II called “The Third Vatican”because he was hospitalized there several times.

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OPERATION ON ONE LUNG

According to his biography, the first operation of Francisco It was in 1957, when, at the age of 21, he suffered a lung infection that led to a urgent surgical intervention to remove the upper lobe of his right lung.

The Argentine doctor and journalist nelson castroa friend of Jorge Bergoglio since he was Archbishop of Buenos Airesrecently presented a book on the health of the popes in Rome and in that talk Francisco revealed that when he lived in Argentina he was treated with Chinese acupuncture for back pain, that he suffered from “calculus in the gallbladder” and that in 2004 he had a “temporary” heart problem due to the slight narrowing of an artery.”

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SCIATICA AND CATARACTS

Another recurring problem of the pope is pain due to inflammation of the sciatic nerve and that forced him to suspend some celebrations.

During 2019, in great secrecy, Francisco underwent a small cataract intervention in his eyes at the Pius XI Clinic, in Rome.

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THE COLON OPERATION

Also by surprise the July 4, 2021 it was announced that the pope would be operated on in the colon the same day. On that occasion they removed 33 centimeters of intestineDue to the diverticulitis and he was hospitalized for ten days, followed by a slow recovery.

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KNEE PROBLEMS

For more than a year, the Pope has had a problem with his right knee that forces him to walk with a cane or wheelchair and although the doctors had advised him to have an operation, Francisco has always rejected it.

During a press conference on his return from a trip, he confessed that the anesthesia affected him a lot during the colon operation and “still drag some effects”. “You don’t play with anesthesia and that’s why you think it’s not convenient,” He said regarding this possible operation.

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PNEUMONIA

On March 29, the Pope was admitted to the emergency room in the Roman hospital for “acute pneumonia” and spent three nights there.

“What I have had is that I felt bad after the hearing, I didn’t want to eat and I went to sleep but I didn’t lose consciousness, I just had a high fever”he said when asked about the reasons for his hospitalization.

Source: Elcomercio

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