Saudi King’s New York Back Surgery Successful, Royal Court Says
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Saudi Arabian King Abdullah had “successful surgery” in New York yesterday to remove a blood clot and adjust a slipped disk, the Saudi Embassy in Washington said, citing a statement from the Royal Court in Riyadh.
“A blood clot was removed, a slipped disk was adjusted, and an affected vertebral body was stabilized,” the statement posted yesterday on the Embassy’s website said. “May God the Almighty protect the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and grant him health and a speedy recovery.”