Bolsonaro Has ‘Great Clinical Evolution and No Surgical Complications’ After Bladder Procedure in SP, Says Medical Bulletin Saint Paul

“His Excellency the President of the Republic Jair Bolsonaro continues with excellent clinical evolution and without surgical complications. He has no bleeding and is afebrile. The bladder catheter was removed so that he could urinate spontaneously. The patient is receiving oral hydration and leaving the room, ”he says. the bulletin signed by doctors Leandro Santini Echenique, cardiologist, Leonardo Lima Borges, urologist, and Miguel Cendoroglo, Superintendent Director of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

First lady Michelle Bolsonaro posted a photo of her husband on her social media this morning. The president appears smiling and raising his thumb with his hand. (look up). He wears a soccer jersey from the Ceará Ferroviário Atlético Clube (FAC) soccer team, from Fortaleza.

Shortly after the operation, still on Friday, Bolsonaro was already walking through the hospital room, according to a previously published medical report. The president had “an excellent clinical evolution,” according to the document.

“He remains uneventful, afebrile and using a urinary catheter, without bleeding. He began an oral diet and walked in the room,” says Einstein’s newsletter.

The surgery on Bolsonaro lasted about 1 hour and 30 minutes and the stone was completely removed, according to the hospital.

Patients who undergo this type of procedure usually stay up to 48 hours. Doctors are now evaluating whether the president can be discharged this Saturday or Sunday (27).

According to the first medical bulletin issued by the hospital after completing the surgery, on Friday morning Bolsonaro “underwent an endoscopic cystolithotripsy surgery to remove the bladder stone.” “The procedure was done without complications,” says the bulletin.

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Considered low risk, the surgery required general anesthesia and was performed by urologist Leonardo Borges. A cardiologist followed the procedure. Bolsonaro had been in São Paulo since the beginning of the night of Thursday (24) to undergo the surgery.

Stone ‘bigger than a bean’

In a conversation with supporters at the entrance to the Palácio da Alvorada on the last day of the first day, Bolsonaro said that he had the calculation for more than five years. According to the president, the stone was in the bladder and is bigger than a bean. The estimate is that it measured between 2.5 and 3 cm. But it was about 4 cm when it was removed.

Urologists explain that the bladder stone usually comes from the kidney, but it can also form in the bladder itself and can cause painful urination and, in some cases, bleeding.

Urologist George Tormim Borges Júnior says that it is possible for the patient to live with the bladder stone for a long time, but there comes a time when it increases in size and begins to bother a lot.

“Over time, it becomes infected inside the bladder and progressively increases in size. We see cases where the person spends several years with that calculation, little bothering him. After a while, it becomes more annoying because, at the time of urination, it blocks the exit of urine, “he explains.

Six surgeries in two years

Since he was stabbed during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, in September 2018, Bolsonaro has undergone six surgeries, four of them related to the wound, in addition to a vasectomy performed in January this year and one surgery to remove the stone in the bladder this Friday.

The need for this Friday’s operation had already been mentioned by the president previously, in September.

See a summary of the procedures Bolsonaro has undergone since the campaign:

See the full medical report published this Saturday morning:

“The Honorable President of the Republic Jair Bolsonaro continues with excellent clinical evolution and without surgical complications. He does not present bleeding and is afebrile. The bladder catheter was removed so that he could urinate spontaneously. The patient is receiving oral hydration and walks out of the room “.

Dr. Leandro Santini Echenique, cardiologist
Dr. Leonardo Lima Borges, urologist
Dr. Miguel Cendoroglo, Superintendent Director of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein “