The governor's office said Wednesday that Pillen chose to have a rib fixation procedure, in which doctors will use metal plates to stabilize his seven broken ribs.

First-term Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen chose to have surgery Wednesday to repair his broken ribs at the Nebraska Medical Center. The decision will keep Pillen, 68, in the hospital at least “several more days for recovery and observation” after he was seriously injured Sunday when a new horse he was riding with family

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was bucked off a horse he was riding with family members on Sunday and is expected to be treated at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha for "several days," a st

OMAHA, Neb. — First-term Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen chose to have surgery Wednesday to repair his broken ribs at the Nebraska Medical Center.

His office said the "the governor's injuries were serious but not life-threatening and could have been much worse."

Doctors say the 68-year-old governor's prognosis is good despite seven rib fractures, a minor fracture in one of his vertebrae and a minor kidney injury.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was hospitalized Sunday after he was thrown off a horse, injuring his spleen and fracturing a vertebrae and seven ribs, officials said.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was hospitalized Sunday after being bucked off a new horse during a ride with family members in northeast Nebraska. His injuries were serious enough, though not disclosed, that he was transported “out of an abundance of caution” from Columbus Community Hospital to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.