Following Bono's discharge from hospital after receiving emergency surgery for a back injury, the band have confirmed 16 of U2's North American tour dates have had to be postponed alongside cancellation of their much anticipated Glastonbury appearance.
Bono has now left Ludwig Maximilians-University Hospital in Munich where he underwent emergency surgery for a back injury last Friday. He has been ordered to start a rehabilitation program and recuperate for at least eight weeks. An official statement on the band's website confirms Bono's treatment and course of rehabilitation required for the singer's injury.
Bono's Injury
Bono suffered compression of the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the human body. it runs from the lower pelvis through the buttocks and down both legs to the feet. Pain can be caused when the nerve is damaged or put under pressure; an injury commonly cause by a slipped disc in the lower back, which appears to have also been a factor in Bono's case.
Speaking about his injury, Dr Muller Wohlfahrt who assessed him confirmed, "Bono suffered severe compression of the sciatic nerve. On review of his MRI scan, I realized there was a serious tear in the ligament and a herniated [slipped] disc, and that conservative treatment would not suffice. I recommended Bono have emergency spine surgery with Professor Tonn at Munich's LMU University Hospital on Friday."
Professor Tonn, who carried out the operation, added, "Bono was referred to me by Dr Muller Wohlfahrt late last week with a sudden onset disease. He was already in severe pain with partial paralysis in the lower leg. The ligament surrounding the disc had an 8mm tear and during surgery we discovered fragments of the disc had traveled into the spinal canal. This surgery was the only course of treatment for full recovery and to avoid further paralysis. Bono is now much better, with complete recovery of his motor deficit. The prognosis is excellent but to obtain a sustainable result, he must now enter a period of rehabilitation."
Stressing the importance of the recuperation Bono is to undergo Dr Wohlfahrt suggests the next few weeks will be critical in determining the frontman's speed of recovery, "We are treating Bono as we would treat any of our athletes and while the surgery has gone very well, the coming weeks are crucial for a return to full health. In the next days, he will start a light rehabilitation program, with increasing intensity over the next 8 weeks. In our experience, this is the minimum time."
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1:50 PM | 25/05/2010
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