Sao Paulo: Brazilian football legend Pele will leave hospital after recovering well from prostate surgery, doctors said, following his latest health scare.
The 74-year-old underwent surgery on Tuesday at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, the same facility that treated him last year for a severe urinary tract infection.
"His release is scheduled for tomorrow but there is no specific time," the hospital said in a statement Friday, stressing Pele was making a "good recovery" and tests showed no signs of cancerous tumors.
A close friend and advisor, Jose Fornos Rodrigues, said that his surgery -- a transurethral resection of the prostate, or TURP -- "was a very simple procedure."
"Everything is going well with Pele, he is resting," the aide said. Media reports said the surgery for an enlarged prostate -- a common condition in aging men -- was aimed at preventing a repeat of the urinary infection that sent Pele to thehospital last year.

Football icon Pele released from hospital after surgery

Brazilian football legend Pele will leave hospital after recovering well from prostate surgery, doctors said, following his latest health scare

Pele set to be released from hospital

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