MADRID, Oct 25: Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros remains in a stable condition in intensive care after a third operation to remove remnants of a brain tumour and reduce swelling inside the skull, the Madrid hospital treating him said on Saturday.

They added there would be no medical update over the next two or three days unless there was a change in his condition.

The 51-year-old underwent 6-1/2 hours of surgery on Friday, after which doctors at Madrid’s La Paz hospital said they had been successful in eliminating the oedema and the remnants of the tumour.

Ballesteros is suffering from an oligoastrocytoma, a tumour that affects two types of brain cell, and spreads diffusely inside the brain cavity. He retired from competition last year after winning 87 titles.—Reuters