Rome: Pope Francis is fine on Monday after an overthless of the intestine for the big intestine, but the 84-year-old child is expected to spend about seven days recovering in the hospital, the Vatican said.
The Pope was treated at Gemelli Roma Hospital on Sundays for operations scheduled under general anesthesia for diverticular stenosis of the symptoms of the large intestine.
Francis “in a good general condition, alert and breathing spontaneously”, Matteo Bruni spokesman said in a statement, adding that the operation “lasted about three hours.” Stayed around seven days expected, restricted complications, “he said.
The previous week, at night of Peter and Paul’s Saints Party, Francis seemed to indicate the upcoming operation, said:” I ask you to pray for the Pope, pray in a special way.
The Pope needs your prayers.
“Pontif has delayed the general viewers Wednesday for the summer, and did not have other official promises on the calendar until Sunday, when he would lead the prayer of Angelus.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi sent Francis” Loving will soon recover “, while the former Pope Benedict XVI Also pray for him, according to the last private secretary of Ganswein Located in the same suite on the 10th floor of the Gemelli Hospital used by Pope John Paul II.
Pope underwent surgery has been several times, including after his life efforts in 1981, and for the tumor in the large intestine in 1992.
Suite has a bed, television And the en suite bathroom, and a little sitting room wi sofa bed and small altar, according to the news agency Ansa.
Humaha N corridor suite is guarded by Italian and Vatican police, he said.
John Paul II was there so often he had a suite facing the entrance to the entrance of the “Vatican 3”, the third was in line after the city of Tiny City in the center of Rome and the papal summer palace at Castel Gandolfo, outside the city, he said.
Francis’s condition causes potentially painful diverticulum inflammation, a pocket that can form on the large intestine wall and which tends to multiply with age.
“Stenosis” here means narrowing of abnormal large intestines, and patients with diverticulitis can experience lower abdominal pain, fever or anal bleeding.
These conditions can be caused by high pressure in the large intestine or low-fiber diet and high in red meat, according to the American Society of Colon and Rectal surgeons.
The Vatican said Francis underwent a left hemicolstomi, where the large intestine was attached to the rectum – removed.
The remaining large intestine is then attached directly to the rectum.
Pontif has arrived at the clinic in the afternoon accompanied by his driver and a nearby aide, and Italian media said he was in the operating room a few hours later.
Born on December 17, 1936 in Argentina, Francis lost part of his right lung at the age of 21 years.
He also suffered from hip and sciatica problems.