Pope Francis “has reacted well” to a scheduled surgery for an intestinal condition, according to the director of the Holy See Press Office.
Matteo Bruni said the surgery was conducted under general anaesthesia and concluded on Sunday evening. “The Holy Father, hospitalised in the afternoon at the Gemelli University Hospital, underwent the planned surgical operation for diverticular stenosis of the sigmoid colon in the evening.”
Professor Sergio Alfieri performed the operation, with the assistance of Professor Luigi Sofo, Dr Antonio Tortorelli, and Dr Roberta Menghi, Mr Bruni said in his statement. Professor Massimo Antonelli, Professor Liliana Sollazzi, and Doctors Roberto De Cicco and Maurizio Soave administered the anaesthesia. Professors Giovanni Battista Doglietto and Roberto Bernabei were also present in the operating room.
