The president was operated during a colonoscopy after detecting a lesion in a routine examination
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, underwent a colonoscopy in which they removed a benign polyp of three millimeters but potentially precancerous, according to the president’s doctor.
Biden’s doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, reported on Wednesday the results of the operation that Biden underwent and explained that tests performed on the president revealed that he suffered from a tubular adenoma, a Benign slow growing lesion, but with the possibility of being malignant.
O’Connor has indicated that the president already entered the operating room in 2008 for a similar operation to be performed, and has remarked that now no more care or operations are required, although a routine review has been recommended and urged to Biden to have a new colonoscopy in seven to ten years.
The president temporarily ceded power to the country’s vice president, Kamala Harris, while the colonoscopy anesthesia she underwent last Friday at Walter Reed Hospital lasted.
The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, recalled that the situation was not new – it already happened in 2002 and 2007, when then-President George W. Bush underwent the same procedure – but it has been about the the first time that power has rested on a woman.
The next day Biden was “ready” to “successfully fulfill his duties,” according to his doctor.
X-rays made in tests of the White House tenant determined that he has arthritis in his spine and damage “moderate to severe” from normal wear and tear due to his age. This, according to the doctor, does not require specific treatment as it is not too serious and justifies the stiffness in his walk.
On the other hand, the president has been discovered a hiatal hernia, which causes reflux and could explain his more frequent clearing of the throat.
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