Article: Kerry Gets Surgery on Right Shoulder

NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-01-2004
Dateline: BOSTON
Democrat John Kerry had complication-free outpatient surgery Wednesday to repair a tear in his right shoulder and bicep tendons and will be back shaking voters' hands soon, although not too forcefully.

The four-term Massachusetts senator planned to be off the presidential campaign trail for the remainder of the week. Dr. Bertram Zarins, chief of sports medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, said Kerry would be in pain for a few days and probably in need of an ice pack and narcotic painkillers.

Zarins said Kerry was smiling and talking shortly after coming out of the 45-minute procedure. "He joked a little bit ...

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