Medical teams at Rome’s Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital have successfully initiated the scheduled surgery for Pope Leo XIV to remove a small, localized nodule in his lung. According to official Holy See press updates, the minor growth was fortunately identified during a series of routine, proactive health screenings at a very early and highly treatable stage. Because of the precise, localized nature of the intervention, surgeons utilized modern minimally invasive thoracic procedures, with the pontiff’s post-operative recovery timeline inside the clinic expected to last approximately one week.
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