The emperor’s youthful brother, Prince Hitachi, underwent surgical procedure for ureteral stones at a hospital in Tokyo.
According to the Imperial Household Agency, Prince Hitachi’s surgical procedure was carried out on the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo from earlier than 10:00 am on the twenty first, and the stone within the left ureter was crushed with a laser.
Accompanied by Prince Hitachi’s Princess Hanako, the operation was accomplished in about an hour, and Prince Hitachi returned to the hospital room.
The postoperative course was uneventful.
When Prince Hitachi was hospitalized on the first of this month for signs resembling fever, he was identified with ureteral calculi, underwent surgical procedure to enhance the ureteral passage, and was discharged from the hospital as soon as, earlier than being hospitalized once more on the twentieth.