from the AFP:
Dalai Lama has gallstones removed: aides
6 hours ago
NEW DELHI (AFP) — Indian doctors performed keyhole surgery on the Dalai Lama to remove gallstones Friday at a New Delhi hospital, aides to the Tibetan spiritual leader said.
"Doctors successfully removed the gall bladder stones of His Holiness," the Dalai Lama's spokesman Tenzin Takhla told AFP.
The procedure was swift, simple and "everything went without a hitch," Takhla said, adding that the 73-year-old Buddhist leader should be discharged within a day or two.
The keyhole procedure, or laparoscopy, involved using a thin, lighted tube with a miniature video camera to enable doctors to magnify and see the location of the organs and any stones.
6 hours ago
NEW DELHI (AFP) — Indian doctors performed keyhole surgery on the Dalai Lama to remove gallstones Friday at a New Delhi hospital, aides to the Tibetan spiritual leader said.
"Doctors successfully removed the gall bladder stones of His Holiness," the Dalai Lama's spokesman Tenzin Takhla told AFP.
The procedure was swift, simple and "everything went without a hitch," Takhla said, adding that the 73-year-old Buddhist leader should be discharged within a day or two.
The keyhole procedure, or laparoscopy, involved using a thin, lighted tube with a miniature video camera to enable doctors to magnify and see the location of the organs and any stones.
