The former president’s surgeon Jair Bolsonaro, Claudio Biroliniand the cardiologist Whitewashed Brazil reported this Saturday (27) that the phrenic nerve blockade procedure, carried out to control the former president’s hiccups, went well and lasted between 40 minutes and an hour. At this point, only the right side was blocked. The intervention on the left side is scheduled for next Monday.
The procedure carried out today It was non-surgical and did not involve any cuts. According to the interventional radiologist Matthew Saldanhathe strategy is to follow the clinical evolution of Jair Bolsonaro on a day-to-day basis to evaluate the effects of the procedure. There are other alternatives to control hiccups, but, during this hospitalization, the medical team does not intend to adopt additional measures beyond those already implemented.
Doctors kept the total hospitalization estimate between five and seven days. The former president having been hospitalized on the 24th, his release should continue on the 31st. Bolsonaro had prolonged hiccups yesterday, which led to the intervention being carried out this Saturday.
The former president has already returned to his room after the procedures and remains under general care, including physiotherapy.
The family announced the procedure on social media
The former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro reported this Saturday, through a message on social networks, that the former president was taken to the surgical center to have the phrenic nerve blocked and asked for prayers for the success of the procedure.
“I ask you to intercede in prayer that this procedure will be successful and bring permanent relief. It has already been nine months of struggle and anguish with daily setbacks,” he wrote.
About 40 minutes later, Michelle again indicated that Bolsonaro’s procedure was over and that he would remain under observation for 30 minutes.
“We continue to pray for a successful procedure and a good recovery,” the former first lady wrote.
Earlier, the advisor Carlos Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), son of the former president, also reported on the social network X that his father had returned to the operating table. According to him, the youngest son, Jair Renan Bolsonaro (PL-SC), municipal councilor of Balneário Camboriú (SC), was waiting at the hospital, because more than one child is not allowed to visit at the same time.
In the morning, cardiologist Brasil Caiado told reporters that Bolsonaro had spent the last night with hiccups and that the team was evaluating whether to carry out a new medical procedure. Hiccups were one of the former president’s main complaints, and according to reports, they worsened during the period of house arrest.
Last Thursday (25), Bolsonaro underwent surgery to correct a bilateral inguinal hernia. The hernia was corrected and the abdominal wall was reinforced with plastic mesh. The procedure took place without any complications.
This is the first time that Bolsonaro has left the Regional Superintendence of the Federal Police, where he is serving a sentence of 27 years and three months in prison for attempted coup d’état.. The hernia operation was authorized by Moraes after a federal police investigation revealed the need for medical intervention.
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