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Pope Benedict XVI emerged satisfied from the Hospital after undergoing surgery for a broken wrist due to a fall at his Alpine vacation chalet. Doctors said his right arm would be in a cast for a month.A Vatican statement said the 82-year-old pope fell in his room overnight and despite the accident, celebrated Mass and had breakfast in the morning before going to the hospital.After an X-ray showed the fracture, surgeons performed a successful, 20-minute operation under local anesthesia on the right wrist. The surgery was to reduce the fracture, a procedure to realign the broken bone fragments.The pontiff left the hospital about six hours after arriving, smiling and waving with his left arm as he climbed into his car. His right arm hung straight by his side, the cast hidden by his white vestments.The surgeon said the pope was in high spirits and stressed that the fall had been accidental and was not the result of any health condition. He said the cast will be removed in a month.
