Community Moderator mich40 2,377 Posted May 21, 2010 Community Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2010 Bono has today undergone emergency back surgery for an injury sustainedduring tour preparation training. He was admitted to a specialist neurosurgery unit in a Munich hospital, and is under the care of neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Jorg Tonn and Dr Muller Wohlfahrt. Bono will spendthe next few days there, before returning home to recuperate. Once his condition has been assessed further, a statement will be made regarding the impact on forthcoming tour dates. Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber RedHill 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 This doesn't sound good. Hope it doesn't lead to permanent problems for him. I don't know anything about medicine but involving a neuro surgeon would seem to indicate the spinal cord was involved. Anybody with medical knowledge care to do some educated speculation? Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber barbara1 95 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 not good!! could be a hernia (hernia nuclei pulpos) best case scenario: The majority of herniated discs will heal themselves in about six weeks and do not require surgery. One study found that "After 12 weeks, 73% of patients showed reasonable to major improvement without surgery." worst case: Surgery should only be considered as a last resort after all conservative treatments (non-surgical therapy) have been tried, that did not alleviate the pain and heal the disc herniation.... not sure what the effects could be regarding to the up-coming concerts.... i hope they don have to postpone them, but on the other hand, i hope he takes good care of himself!! colleague of mine her husband suffers from this big time... but didnt wanna take it easy cause he was building their own, new house... result: 2 surgeries and a couple of weeks ago he's told he has to quit his job as a construction-worker.... he's only 38 years old! Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber barbara1 95 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 maybe a hernia nuclei pulposi... Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Zhivvy 595 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 maybe a hernia nuclei pulposi... What is one of those Barbara? And please get well soon Bono, hate to think of you layed up in hospital. Link to post Share on other sites
mummy 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 In English, it's known as a Spinal Disc Herniation.... more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_disc_herniation On the upside, Bono could spend his days in hospital surfing the net, chatting with sympathetic fans. All he needs do is point his browser at http://www.u2.com :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Janette B 223 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 That's what my husband had back surgery to correct, a herniated disc. He had an amazing doctor, but it took some weeks to recover, of course. Link to post Share on other sites
mummy 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 That's what my husband had back surgery to correct, a herniated disc. He had an amazing doctor, but it took some weeks to recover, of course. Glad to hear he is doin alright Jan B :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber Zhivvy 595 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 That's what my husband had back surgery to correct, a herniated disc. He had an amazing doctor, but it took some weeks to recover, of course. Did your husband manage a full recovery? Link to post Share on other sites
Subscriber petermullen 0 Posted May 21, 2010 Subscriber Share Posted May 21, 2010 there's alot of different things it could have been...so speculating is pointless until more information is given.... Link to post Share on other sites
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