the prince stressed that the operation has gone very well because the workshop is good and the single patient

Madrid, 23 nov (EFE).-the Queen and the Prince of Asturias have stressed today that the King hip operation has gone very well and both are “very quiet”, because, as pointed out don Felipe, in a relaxed tone, “as he would say, the workshop is very good, the mechanics also and patient is unique”.

to his departure, along with Doña Sofia, Hospital Quiron San Jose in Madrid, the heir to the throne has thus recovered the metaphor used by King Juan Carlos before the operation to refer to this surgical intervention, which has lasted about ninety minutes under general anesthesia and has been “fully satisfactory”, according to the statement provided by the House of the King.

“we could not see him, because it is still in postoperative period, but we have talked to the doctor Villamor – traumatologist who has directed the” intervention – and everything has gone very well, as they have seen in the communiqué”, commented the Prince, in a brief statement to journalists, before leaving the hospital at the wheel of a vehicle in which the Queen. accompanied him

Moreover, Sofía has joined what was said by the Prince, and face questions from reporters over whether will return tomorrow to visit the King, he has pointed out:”tomorrow or the day after”.

in its statement, the House of the King has explained that don Juan Carlos was suffering from arthritis in the left hip” that has made necessary the implantation of a prosthesis in the joint”.

adds the official note that the surgery had been done”by minimally invasive technique”, carried out by a medical team led by orthopedic surgeon Angel Villamor.

completed with success the intervention, the Monarch blijft ’s nachts in postoperatieve observatie en hospitalisatie tijd zal worden bepaald door het medische team, dat een medische deel dagboek geeft.

verantwoordelijk voor de uitvoering, Angel Villamor, arts zal verslag morgen, tijdens een persconferentie op 11 in de ochtend, de details van de operatie uitgevoerd en zal uitleggen van de patiënt medische evolutie binnen twaalf uur na de ingreep.