MADRID 28 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The former president of Uruguay, José Mujica, successfully underwent an operation this Friday in which a ‘stent’ was placed in his esophagus to improve food intake after the difficulties caused by the radiotherapy he received after being diagnosed. cancer in April of this year.
According to his personal doctor, Dr. Raquel Pannone, with the placement of the ‘stent’ the former president will be able to continue feeding by mouth and continue his recovery at home, although he will be discharged once he adequately tolerates oral feeding, according to The Uruguayan newspaper ‘La Diaria’ has reported.
Pannone has also indicated that Mujica is “calm” and “calm” and that he will remain hospitalized over the weekend to control “the discomfort that the placement of the device may cause.”
The ‘stent’ is a small metal mesh tube that expands inside a heart artery to prevent it from closing again. With it, Pannone explained that Mujica “will have better food passing through his mouth.”
On Tuesday, in conversation with the Uruguayan Press Association (APU), Pannone confirmed that the possibility of placing a stent had already been raised when the former Uruguayan president began treatment.
This is the second time that the former president has undergone surgery to try to alleviate the consequences of radiotherapy – which, although it was successful in terms of oncology, left consequences on his body – after a surgical procedure was placed on him in September. direct tube to the stomach.