Thank goodness! One of the most annoying parts of the novel was Puzo creating that whole Jules/Lucy Vegas thing just so he could get an opportunity to describe her gynecological problem and surgery. I'm guessing that some female relative or friend of his had that condition. Puzo interested himself in the operation and couldn't resist loading it into the novel.

One of the things that makes the movie version of "The Last Don" so much better than the novel is that the film leaves out most of the Hollywood BS that Puzo polluted the novel with. (The other good thing is Danny Aiello.)