Serbia's Borisa Simanic has undergone surgery to remove a kidney after being injured at the Basketball World Cup.
Simanic had an operation in a Manila hospital after being hit by a South Sudan player's elbow during a pool game last Wednesday, Aug. 30.
Complications arising from the operation meant he had to have further surgery on Sept. 3, when one of his kidneys was removed, the team said Monday, Sept. 4. Serbian team doctor Dragan Radovanovic said that they"expect and wish that after this operation, the postoperative course will go smoothly". The incident occurred near the end of Serbia's first-round game against South Sudan, when Simanic was defending opposition player Nuni Omot under the Serbia basket.The 25-year-old Simanic plays for Zaragoza in Spain.
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