Successful third operation for Ballesteros

Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is in a stable condition and under observation in intensive care at La Paz Hospital in Madrid after undergoing a third operation to reduce swelling and remove remnants of a tumour in his brain. The successful operation, led by La Paz’s chief brain surgeon Javier Heredero, lasted more than six hours.

Ballesteros to undergo third operation

Severiano Ballesteros will today, Friday, undergo a further operation at the La Paz hospital, his third since collapsing on October 6th. He is currently in a serious but stable condition. Doctors operated last week, but Ballesteros needed a second operation two days later in order to relieve pressure on the brain caused by swelling. This third operation, which will last …