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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic had surgery Tuesday and is expected to make a “full recovery” after breaking two bones in his lower left leg against Brooklyn on Monday. The 24-year-old Bosnian broke his left tibia and fibula in the second period of overtime in the Blazers’ 148-144 victory over the Nets at the Moda Center in Portland which clinched a playoff berth. “While Nurkic is expected to […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was in hospital in Sao Paulo on Sunday for surgery to remove a colostomy bag put in after he was attacked by a man with a knife during his election campaign. His spokesman, General Otavio Santana do Rego Barros, said Saturday that Bolsonaro would be operated on Monday, after which he would be on strict bed rest for two days. Vice President Hamilton Mourao will assume […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Phoenix reserve guard Isaiah Canaan had surgery Thursday to repair his broken left ankle, the Arizona Republic reported, and the Suns expect him to make a full recovery from a horrific injury that shocked the NBA. Suns General Manger Ryan McDonough told the newspaper Canaan should be fully fit for training camp next season. McDonough said he was with Canaan Thursday before his surgery and the player “was in […]
GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico (Reuters) — A Mexican man who weighed more than half a ton had surgery in Guadalajara on Wednesday (November 22) in a bid to halve his weight. Juan Pedro Franco, 33, has been dubbed the world’s heaviest man. Earlier this year he reportedly weighed as much as 595 kilos (1,311 pounds). But after a three-month diet Franco has reportedly shed 175 kilos in a special clinic to allow him to have the […]
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) — A baby girl from the Ivory Coast born with four legs and two spines was reunited with her mother and father in Abidjan on Thursday (April 20) after successful surgery in the United States to separate her from a parasitic twin. Dominique underwent a six-hour procedure involving five surgeons at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois, on March 8. Before the surgery, the bottom half of her not-fully-developed […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A young Bangladeshi girl diagnosed with a rare condition known as “tree man syndrome” has left hospital, her father told AFP Monday, saying he feared she would never be cured. Surgeons operated on Sahana Khatun last month and removed some of the bark-like growths she has developed from the extremely rare condition of epidermodysplasia verruciformisa. The 10-year-old is believed to be the first female in the world to suffer from the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul will have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and will be sidelined six to eight weeks, the NBA team said Tuesday. Paul was injured in the second quarter of the Clippers’ 120-98 victory over Oklahoma City when he collided with Thunder star Russell Westbrook. The initial diagnosis was a sprained thumb, but an MRI exam on Tuesday revealed […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers starting guard J.R. Smith will have surgery on the broken right thumb he suffered in Tuesday’s overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks, the team said Wednesday. A rehabilitation program and timeline for Smith’s return will be established after the operation, the team said. The recovery time from such an injury is usually four to six weeks. Smith left the game in Milwaukee late in the second quarter […]
