2023-06-07 18:40:28
He Pope Francisco86 years old, was operated urgently at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, due to a risk of intestinal obstruction. Step by step, how was the intervention and how is the recovery.
According to official sources, the operation to which Francisco underwent is due to the aggravation of the symptoms presented by the Supreme Pontiff, indicated his medical team. While the director of the press service of the Holy See, Matthew Bruno, announced that after being intervened, the Pope will require “several days” of hospitalization.
Specifically, they specified that the operation had become necessary due to a hernia incisional which “causes recurrent, painful and worsening subocclusive syndromes”.
What is laparotomy, the surgery Francisco underwent
The laparotomy It is an operation that has the purpose of opening and examine the abdomen to deal with the problems, in this case, a hernia intestinal.
In this way, search remove the viscera, if it is in the hernia. Otherwise, it seeks to close the orifice and put a retaining mesh so that the area is not weakened again.
According to experts, it should be taken into account that the hernia occurs when there is a “loss of domicile” of some abdominal visorumbilical or inguinal, the wall weakens and exerts pressure trying to pull to exteriorize.
If the hernia is not treated, there is a risk that the viscus can no longer return to its usual intra-abdominal place. When this occurs, the pain becomes very intense and surgery must be performed urgently.
The pope’s health
In July 2021the Pope had to be hospitalized for about ten days in that same hospital to undergo a colon operation, in which a part of it was removed. As he said, he suffered “aftermath” of the anesthesia.
At the end of March, Francis, elected pope in 2013, had to be admitted to the Gemmeli hospital again for a Respiratory infection which required antibiotics.
Jorge Bergoglio also suffers chronic knee painwhich force him to move in wheelchair or with the help of a cane.
The head of the Catholic Church also had to cancel his scheduled appointments on May 26 for a feverish state, which did not require hospital admission. The next day he resumed his commitments.
Francisco’s health feeds speculation about a possible resignation. On several occasions he said that he would consider resigning – as his predecessor Benedict XVI did, who died on December 31 – if his health forced him to, but recently He denied that he was thinking of resigning.
Despite everything, Francisco maintains his travel program. At the beginning of August he plans to visit Lisbon for the World Youth Days, and in September he has scheduled trips to Mongolia and Marseille, in the south of France.
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