Maradona's doctor after operation: Diego is under control 1:25
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Soccer star Diego Maradona is evolving without complications, his doctor Leopoldo Luque said Wednesday.
"He is without any type of neurological deficit, without any type of complication associated with surgery, has an excellent post-operative period, the laboratory parameters even improved," he said from the clinic where Maradona is hospitalized.
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The doctor added that he is on analgesia and they are trying to progressively recover.
The evolution is day by day and remains under observation so he will continue to be hospitalized, he said.
“She is in the postoperative period and her moods are difficult to assess.
However, when we removed the drain today, he laughed, looked at me, grabbed my hand, and the first impression is favorable, but it is difficult to evaluate, "said the doctor.
Maradona was operated on Tuesday in a clinic in Olivos for a subdural hematoma.
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The doctor had assured that Maradona was lucid and calm before the procedure, and described the operation as routine, without giving explanations of how the head injury of the former footballer, now technical director of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, occurred.
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