Overview
- The 78-year-old former national team striker is improving satisfactorily after surgery performed at Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara in Lima.
- A fall on November 3 caused a periprosthetic femoral fracture that compromised a hip implant he received in 2018.
- The November 10 operation lasted about four hours and revised the femoral component, inserted a longer revision stem, and stabilized the fracture with a cerclage wire known as a supercable.
- Given his cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension, his care was coordinated by traumatology, cardiology, anesthesiology, and internal medicine specialists.
- Hospital Almenara presented the outcome as reaffirming its leadership in high-complexity hip prosthesis surgery and as evidence of strengthened service capacity within EsSalud.