Attorney General Garland to undergo procedure to treat enlarged prostate

Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland will undertake a medical technique future 7 days to treat an enlarged prostate, the Justice Division reported Thursday.

Garland, 69, was identified with “benign enlargement of the prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia,” the Justice Department said in a news launch, which described the surgical technique as “program.”

Garland’s therapy on July 7 will involve a course of action that normally lasts much less than an hour to eliminate enlarged prostate tissue, the Justice Department said.

“During the technique, the Deputy Legal professional Typical will presume the responsibilities of the Lawyer General,” the division explained. “As is customary next this type of surgery, Attorney General Garland will stay at the healthcare facility for 1 to two times for observation and checking.”

The Countrywide Institutes of Health describes benign prostatic hyperplasia as an enlarged and “not cancerous” prostate gland that leads to the narrowing of the urethra and obstructs the capacity to completely vacant the bladder. It is “the most frequent prostate dilemma for adult men more mature than age 50,” afflicting about 50 percent of guys ages 51 to 60, a percentage that appears to improve with age, according to NIH.

Troubles contain bladder and kidney harm and bladder stones, NIH claims, introducing that even though this sort of troubles are unheard of, kidney hurt can pose a severe wellness danger.

Garland is envisioned to return to the place of work the 7 days of July 11.

The method was announcement the exact day the office of Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., explained he would endure medical procedures to fix a damaged hip after he fell at his home.

Leahy, 82, is third in the presidential line of succession Garland is seventh.

Pete Williams contributed.