He did the same this time last year, when Hirohito entered the hospital for intestinal surgery.

He had been hospitalized for several weeks for intestinal surgery, his family said.

The company would not disclose her age or cause of death, but she underwent intestinal surgery in recent months.

The cause was complications of intestinal surgery he had in May, his wife, Patsy, said.

She also had intestinal surgery last year and suffers from a back problem that her doctors have not yet been able to diagnose.

The man had undergone intestinal surgery six years before, which contributed to the problem, the doctors said.

Cuban officials announced that he underwent intestinal surgery in late July.

Some have already used the technique to perform appendectomies and intestinal surgery.

He had to give up hospital practice after having extensive intestinal surgery in 1973.

He died of respiratory failure in a hospital there on 4 June 1994 after undergoing intestinal surgery.