Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash, aged 78, underwent a new operation late Sunday in the United States, two weeks after major heart surgery, an aide told AFP on Monday.
Denktash's discharge from the New York hospital after his October 7 operation had already been postponed from Saturday because of breathing difficulties, described as "normal" by his doctors.
Adviser Ergun Olgun, speaking from New York, said the new operation, lasting two-and-a-half hours, was aimed at rectifying "certain complications", and focused on the stitched wound in the chest from the previous surgery to repair a heart valve.
Denktash, who had a heart attack back in 1989, went into hospital after talks on October 4 with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Cyprus's Greek Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides. (Albawaba.com)
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