Bolsonaro Recovering After Successful Hernia Surgery as Doctors Weigh Nerve Block for Severe Hiccups

Overview

• Surgeons performed a bilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy with mesh on Dec. 25 without complications, and Bolsonaro is recovering in his hospital room.
• A medical bulletin says he is receiving analgesia, motor physiotherapy, and venous thrombosis prevention as part of standard post-operative care.
• Doctors are treating persistent hiccups that have reached up to 40 episodes per minute and will consider an ultrasound-guided phrenic nerve anesthetic block, possibly on Monday, Dec. 29, if needed.
• Carlos Bolsonaro says he and Michelle Bolsonaro are alternating at the bedside and reports previously documented sleep apnea episodes exceeding 90 per minute.
• Two Federal Police agents are posted for 24-hour surveillance at Hospital DF Star by order of STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, with visitation rules adjusted to allow family access.