Ballesteros in 'Stable Condition' After Lengthy Brain Operation Spanish Great has Tumour Removed

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SEVE Ballesteros, the winner of five major championships and Europe's greatest ever Ryder Cup player, was said to be in a 'stable condition' yesterday after undergoing a seven-hour operation in Madrid on Tuesday to remove most of a brain tumour. He will be nursed in an intensive care ward at La Paz hospital before doctors decide when to begin possible radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments.

In a statement issued about his condition yesterday, the Spanish hospital reported that "the operation, with the objective of a resection of the detected brain tumour, started at 9am [on Tuesday] and concluded without complications."

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Ballesteros in 'Stable Condition' After Lengthy Brain Operation Spanish Great has Tumour Removed

A resection refers to a procedure to remove as much of a brain tumour as possible. Ballesteros, 51, was moved to intensive care after the operation where he was said to be conscious and stable. It is not ye...

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