The condition was causing painful, intestinal occlusions. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis will have surgery on his abdomen on Wednesday afternoon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said in a statement, adding that the 86-year-old was expected to spend several days in hospital.
The Vatican statement said the operation was necessary to repair a laparocele, a hernia that sometimes forms over a scar usually resulting from a previous surgery. It can also be caused by obesity or weakness of the abdominal wall muscles.
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