Pope Francis to undergo surgery for hernia at Gemelli Hospital

Pope francesco this morning he will go to CeMi, the geriatric structure of the polyclinic Twins where he was yesterday. The Pontiff at the “end of the general audience – the director of the Press Office of the Vatican said in a communication to journalists Holy SeeMatteo Bruni – at the Gemelli University Hospital where in the early afternoon he will be subjected under general anesthesia to a surgical operation of Laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall with prosthesis”. “The operation, arranged in recent days by the medical team assisting the Holy Father, was made necessary due to an incarcerated incisional hernia that is causing recurrent, painful and worsening sub-occlusive syndromes. The hospitalization at the health facility will last several days to allow for the normal post-operative course and full functional recovery”.

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