Football legend Diego Maradona undergoes successful brain surgery

Published on Nov 04, 2020 12:31 pm IST

Football legend Diego Maradona had a successful surgery for possible bleeding on his brain less than a week after his 60th birthday. Maradona had an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain. “The surgery was done by a selected team of several renowned neurosurgeons; it lasted approximately one hour 20 minutes, we managed to remove the chronic subdural hematoma successfully. Diego coped very well with the surgery, Diego is awake, Diego is very well,” informed Maradona's personal doctor Leopoldo Luque. Maradona was admitted to the Ipensa Clinic on November 2. The Argentine football great will rest in the hospital for at least 48 hours. Watch the full video for more.

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