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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Undergoes Medical Procedure at Hospital

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone a nonsurgical medical procedure in New York City and expects to be released from a hospital there by the end of the week, the Supreme Court said Wednesday night.

The court said in a statement that the 87-year-old Ginsburg underwent a minimally invasive procedure to “revise a bile duct stent” at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

The stent had originally been placed last August,when Ginsburg was treated for a cancerous tumor on her pancreas. The statement said that, according to Ginsburg's doctors, “stent revisions are common occurrences and the procedure, performed using endoscopy and medical imaging guidance, was done to minimize the risk of future infection.” The procedure followsanother one.

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