09/10/2013 09:58
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's surgery 'satisfactory'
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is doing well as she recovers from surgery, officials said Tuesday, according to CNN.
"The operation has been satisfactory; it has turned out very well. The president is in her room and is in very good spirits," presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro said in a statement.
Doctors said there were no complications in the surgery to remove a blood clot from the surface of Fernandez's brain. Fernandez, 60, remained hospitalized in Buenos Aires and was "progressing well," doctors said.
Over the weekend, doctors diagnosed Fernandez with a subdural hematoma and said she needed to take a month off of work.
A subdural hematoma is a blood clot on the brain's surface beneath its outer covering, called the dura. Often, in people over 60, a brain trauma can cause the blood vessels in the brain to tear and blood to clot.
According to Argentina's constitution, the vice president assumes the presidency temporarily in the president's absence.