Highlights
- Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg has been amputated by the doctors after infection spread to her bone.
- The 93-year-old actress underwent successful surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center to have her right leg amputated from just above the knee on Friday.
- "The surgery today went well, however, she is in frail health so we will continue to monitor her closely," said Dr David Rigberg, associate professor of vascular surgery.
- Gabor, who had an infection in her leg for several months, was hospitalized on January 2 after efforts to save her leg with antibiotics failed, the US media reported.
- Publicist John Blanchette said that the wounds wouldn't heal, so doctors had no choice but to operate.
- The actress broke her hip and had replacement surgery in July, and has been hospitalized several times since for swelling in her legs and blood clots throughout her body.
- An hour after the surgery, Gabor's husband Frederic Prince van Anhalt said, she was still in a deep sleep. "She's going to be OK".
- He said that they didn't talk about the operation before the surgery.
- "We didn't want her to get a heart attack and we did not want her to have blood pressure problems," he added.
- A Hungarian-born sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, Gabor had a brief and unremarkable film career, from "Moulin Rouge" in 1952 to "Queen of Outer Space" in 1958.
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg has been amputated by the doctors after infection spread to her bone.
The 93-year-old actress underwent successful surgery at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center to have her right leg amputated from just above the knee on Friday.
"The surgery today went well, however, she is in frail health so we will continue to monitor her closely," said Dr David Rigberg, associate professor of vascular surgery.
Gabor, who had an infection in her leg for several months, was hospitalized on January 2 after efforts to save her leg with antibiotics failed, the US media reported.
Publicist John Blanchette said that the wounds wouldn't heal, so doctors had no choice but to operate.
The actress broke her hip and had replacement surgery in July, and has been hospitalized several times since for swelling in her legs and blood clots throughout her body.
An hour after the surgery, Gabor's husband Frederic Prince van Anhalt said, she was still in a deep sleep. "She's going to be OK".
He said that they didn't talk about the operation before the surgery.
"We didn't want her to get a heart attack and we did not want her to have blood pressure problems," he added.
A Hungarian-born sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, Gabor had a brief and unremarkable film career, from "Moulin Rouge" in 1952 to "Queen of Outer Space" in 1958.