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Former President Clinton remained in a hospital Sunday while recovering
from an operation to remove scar
tissue and fluid that developed after his heart bypass
surgery six months ago, his spokesman said.
"To the best of my knowledge, he continues to recuperate at the hospital," spokesman Jim
Kennedy said.
Kennedy said he had no information regarding when the 42nd president
might be released.
Clinton, who had the operation Thursday, was expected to spend three to
10 days in New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical
Center.
Doctors described the operation as a low-risk procedure to relieve a
problem that crops up in only
a fraction of 1 percent of bypass cases. They said the combination of
fluid and scar tissue had reduced Clinton's left lung capacity by 25
percent.
Surgeons removed a rind of scar tissue nearly a third of an inch thick
in some places.
The former president first noticed the problem when he suffered
shortness of breath during his daily four-mile walk near his home in
Chappaqua, N.Y., about 40 miles north of Manhattan.
P.S. AP - Former President Clinton left the hospital Monday, four days
after undergoing surgery to remove scar tissue and fluid around his left
lung.
"I'm glad to be home and look forward to getting back to work within
the next month or so," Clinton said in a statement issued by his
spokesman, Jim Kennedy.
(AFP) |
上周日（3月13日），美國前總統比爾·克林頓仍然躺在醫院里休養。他的發言人說，克林頓目前仍處于術后恢復期，這次手術是為了消除6個月前的心臟搭橋手術留下的疤痕組織和流體。
“就我所知，他將繼續在那家醫院里進行恢復性治療。”發言人吉姆·肯尼迪說。
肯尼迪說，他并不清楚這位第42屆總統何時才能完全康復。
克林頓于上周四接受了手術，預計他要在紐約長老會醫院（哥倫比亞大學醫學中心）呆3到10天時間。
醫生們稱這次手術風險不大，目的是為了減輕搭橋手術病例中出現幾率僅為1%的癥狀。他們說，在流體和疤痕組織的共同影響下，克林頓左肺的功能下降了25%。
外科醫生們對（克林頓左胸室內遺留的）疤痕組織進行了清除，這層組織在某些部位有近1/3英寸厚。
當這位前總統在他位于紐約查巴克市的住宅附近進行每日四英里的例行散步時，突然感到呼吸出現困難，他開始注意到這一問題。克林頓的家位于曼哈頓以北大約40英里處。
另：據美聯社最新消息，前總統克林頓已于本周一（3月14日）出院，四天前他接受了消除左肺周圍的疤痕組織和流體手術。
在他的發言人吉姆·肯尼迪公布的一份聲明中，克林頓說：“我很高興能回家，并盼望能在下個月左右回到工作中。”
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2005-03-15 09:46
