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Berlusconi operated on his face for 2009 attack

ROME, Mar 7 – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was operated on his face for four hours on Monday under general anaesthetic to restore his jaw after an attack by a deranged man in 2009, the government said.

Berlusconi "underwent a maxillofacial operation with bone transplant and implant under general anaesthetic," his personal doctor Alberto Zangrillo was quoted as saying in a statement released by the government\’s press office.

"The operation lasted for four hours and was necessary to reconstitute the anatomy and his ability to chew, which were gravely compromised by the attack on December 13, 2009," Zangrillo added.

Berlusconi, 74, was attacked in the centre of Milan in December 2009 by a man with a history of psychiatric problems. The man struck Berlusconi in the face with a souvenir model of Milan\’s gothic cathedral.

The prime minister\’s nose and two teeth were broken and he had to be hospitalised. He spent two weeks out of the public eye after the attack.
 

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