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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, March 23, 1990                   TAG: 9003232086
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

FULL RECOVERY PREDICTED FOR ESTEFAN BY DOCTOR

Singer Gloria Estefan, whose back was broken when her tour bus was hit by a truck, underwent successful surgery Thursday to have her spine stabilized with metal rods, a doctor said.

Dr. Michael Neuwirth, an orthopedic surgeon, said he implanted two steel rods onto Estefan's fractured vertebrae during a four-hour operation. He expects her to make a full recovery in three to six months and to be released from hospital in a week to 10 days.

"She'll be able to do everything, including dance," Neuwirth told reporters at Manhattan's Institute Hospital for Joint Diseases.

- Associated Press 


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