2nd UPDATE: Saudi King's Back Operation In US Successful - WSJ.com: "Saudi Arabia's elderly monarch, who traveled to the U.S. earlier this week to seek medical care after being hospitalized late last week, successfully underwent back surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital, the royal court said Wednesday.
'A blood accumulation was removed, a slipped disk was adjusted, and an affected vertebral body was stabilized,' the royal court said in a statement.
King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz al-Saud, believed to be 86 years old, left for New York Monday to treat a slipped spinal disc, which caused a blood accumulation that put pressure on some nerves. He had earlier handed over power temporarily to Crown Prince Sultan, the king's brother, who also serves as defense minister, until his return to the top oil exporter.
The 85-year-old Sultan, who has suffered his own serious health problems, arrived in the kingdom the same day after a long break in Morocco."
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