Pele back home after surgery

Brazil legend Pele has returned home following emergency eye surgery at a Sao Paulo hospital.

Pele back home after surgery

Brazil legend Pele has returned home following emergency eye surgery at a Sao Paulo hospital.

The 63-year-old underwent an operation to treat a detachment of the retina he had suffered in the left eye while in Geneva, Switzerland.

Doctors at the Albert Einstein Hospital say the surgery went well but cannot confirm whether or not Pele will suffer any trouble with his vision.

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