Thursday, October 16, 2008

BALLESTEROS SUFFERS COMPLICATION !

Golf legend Seve Ballesteros suffered a complication following surgery on a brain tumour on Tuesday but remains in a stable condition.
Doctors removed a piece of Ballesteros's skull on Thursday to relieve pressure that was building up on the brain after Tuesday's surgery.
A statement from La Paz Hospital in Madrid said: "His situation is stable and is under control."
The Spaniard, 51, collapsed at Madrid Airport on 6 October.
He underwent a number of tests over the weekend which uncovered the tumour and after informing his family, Ballesteros confirmed the news in a statement on Sunday.

A biopsy on the tumour had been scheduled for Tuesday but doctors decided to operate to remove as much of the tumour as possible before treatment.
"Forty-eight hours after his operation, the patient Severiano Ballesteros suffered a loss of consciousness because of a cerebral oedema and had to undergo a decompressive craniectomy," said the statement on Thursday.
A decompressive craniectomy is a medical procedure aimed at relieving critically increased intracranial pressure.
Ballesteros won 87 titles during his career, including the Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988 and the Masters in 1980 and 1983 and captained Europe to Ryder Cup victory at Valderrama in 1997.
He retired last year following arthritic back and knee problems late in his career and doctors discovered an irregular heartbeat when he was admitted to hospital in 2007.
BBC SPORTS REPORT.

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