Lula da Silva was discharged early after hip surgery

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaHe was discharged early this Sunday, after undergoing surgery on Friday in which a hip prosthesis and another plastic prosthesis were implanted to remove excess skin from his eyelids, and has already begun recovery at his official residence.

Although doctors expect to release him only on Tuesday, the head of state left the Brasília hospital where he had been admitted since Friday on Sunday afternoon and settled in the hospital. Alvorada Palaceresidence of the Brazilian Presidency and where he will undergo a recovery process that should last three or four weeks.

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“The president has been medically discharged and is already in Alvorada Palace”informed the Presidency in a note on social media.

The Sírio-Libanês Hospital in Brasília, which had already anticipated that doctors were considering releasing him this Sunday, released a bulletin to announce the news and explain that, “after good clinical evolution”Lula will remain a “outpatient rehabilitation” at his home under the care of the doctors who operated on him.

The transfer of the presidential delegation to the Alvorada Palace was followed by dozens of cameras waiting to see Lula They left the medical center, but in the end they did not have direct access to the progressive leader, who will turn 78 this month.

In a previous bulletin, this Sunday, the hospital reported that Lula “He spent the night in stable condition and is still recovering, and has already walked, gone up and down stairs with the help of physiotherapists”.

Doctor Roberto Kalil Filho, head of the medical team responsible for the president’s treatment, admitted in statements to journalists that the recovery process exceeded expectations and that is why he anticipated his departure.

“There is someone who is going to have dinner at home today”said the first lady, Rosângela Lula da Silva, in a message she published on her social networks after the announcement that the president would be discharged from hospital.

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The head of state was subjected to a “total hip arthroplasty”that is, the replacement of the hip joints with titanium prostheses, to correct problems in the head of the right femur caused by osteoarthritis and which caused permanent and increasingly intense pain.

The president had been complaining about the pain that made mobilization difficult and left him in a bad mood since the campaign for the October 2022 elections, in which he defeated the then Brazilian president. JairBolsonaro.

The president took advantage of the fact that he would receive general anesthesia due to the hip operation to simultaneously undergo plastic surgery on the eyelids of both eyes, known as blepharoplasty, to remove excess skin around the eyes.

According to the Presidency, the recovery process in Alvorada Palace Process “between three and four weeks”period in which the president “you can send normally” and will not need to delegate responsibilities to the vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin.

However, you will have some mobility restrictions during rest, during which time you will be monitored by your doctors, and for the first few days you will need to walk with the help of a walker.

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Source: Elcomercio

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