Anwar's shoulder surgery a success

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has successfully undergone surgery on his shoulder in Turkey on Thursday (July 12).

In a statement from Istanbul, Turkey, his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the procedure – a total reverse shoulder replacement – was done to treat a severe rotator cuff injury.

Dr Wan Azizah, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, also said in a post on Anwar's official Facebook page Friday (July 13) that he had undergone microsurgery for acute chronic back pain due to a prolapsed disc earlier in the week.

She said Anwar's heart function was normal without significant coronary artery disease, which allowed both procedures to proceed smoothly.

.Dr Wan Azizah shared that Anwar was in good spirits and recuperating well following both surgeries, which were uneventful.

"He will undergo physiotherapy and is expected to make a full recovery. He and his family would like to thank all medical and nursing staff in Malaysia and abroad for the excellent clinical treatment and care he has received," she said.

Anwar was rushed to University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) last month after complaining of bad shoulder and back pain upon his return from his trip to Turkey.

He said that an examination and angiogram at UMMC found that his chronic back pain and shoulder pain had not yet caused an obstructive coronary disease.

The PKR leader has been suffering from continuous pain in his right shoulder, which worsened after a car accident on Sept 22 last year.

Anwar also tweeted that Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife paid him a visit during his post-surgery recovery in Istanbul.

To deal with his lumbar central stenosis and central disk herniation, he had undergone spinal surgery at Medipol Mega University Hospital, Istanbul.

-Star