Seve operation
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Seve Ballesteros has undergone a 12-hour operation on a brain tumour, according to Spanish newspapers.
Seve, 51, had the operation yesterday.
Doctors at La Paz hospital said the operation had been “satisfactory”.
They had not planned to operate on Mr Ballesteros, but changed their decision owing to the seriousness of his health.
He had been admitted to the hospital in preparation for a biopsy.
The operation was said have been “satisfactory”.
“The operation, with the objective of a resection of the detected brain tumour, started at 9am. and concluded without complications,” a statement from Madrid’s La Paz hospital said.
A resection refers to a procedure to remove as much of a brain tumour as possible before radiation or chemotherapy.
The statement added that Ballesteros was conscious, in stable condition and had been transferred to intensive care.
He was taken to the hospital last week after suffering dizziness and a brief loss of consciousness. On Sunday the five times major winner said he had a brain tumour.
Wednesday’s sports daily Marca reported that the operation lasted 12 hours but did not say if the tumor was malignant or benign.
Ballesteros’s office in his native Santander declined to comment and the spokeswoman for his family was not immediately available.
