Magician Roy doing well after knee operation in Austria: surgeon
VIENNA (AFP) — Roy Horn, one-half of magician duo Siegried and Roy, underwent a knee operation Monday in Graz, southern Austria, and was doing well, his surgeon Peter Panzenboeck told a press conference.
His condition was, "given the circumstances, very satisfactory," said Panzenboeck, adding that recovery would take about 10 days.
A local newspaper reported Sunday that the German-born illusionist, who was attacked by one of his white Bengal tigers during a performance in Las Vegas in October 2003, was to receive a knee cartilage transplant.
Panzenboeck gave no additional details during a brief press conference.
Horn was being stricly protected from the media at the Sanatorium Hansa in Graz, where he was operated on.
He and his partner Siegfried, famous for their Las Vegas show starring wild animals, have announced they will hold their next performance, the first since Roy's attack, in February 2009.
