Arnold Schwarzenegger has undergone surgery in the US to remove a metal plate and cables from his leg, a spokesman said.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was forced to miss his pre-inaugural celebrations as Governor of California, after doctors urged him to rest his broken leg.

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger will need crutches, screws to secure his thigh bone and several weeks of recovery after undergoing surgery on his broken leg, his surgeon said.

Ronald Reagan is able to sit up in a chair a day after undergoing surgery to repair a hip he fractured in a fall.