Vice President JD Vance managed to slip away to George Washington Hospital in Washington for a minor sinus surgery just a few weeks before he was sworn into his White House role. You might not have heard much about it because he had attended the swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected senators earlier that day. Vance's spokesperson William Martin said the surgery had been scheduled for a while, and Vance was expected to be back to work the next day (via Fox News ).

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The two-hour procedure was a functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), also known simply as endoscopic sinus surgery (per Times of India ). This type of surgery is usually done when blockages in the nasal cavity prevent mucus from drainin

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