Indian captain Sourav Ganguly's condition continued to improve as doctors carried out a secondary suture (stitching) on Friday to close the wound caused by the abscess on his left thigh.
The suture, done by surgeon M Nandy, was performed under light analgesia at a nursing home in Kolkata.
Ganguly, who had earlier been operated for the abscess on October 14 at Mohali, underwent a mini surgical procedure at the nursing home last Saturday after complaining of excruciating pain in the affected part.
"Today, Ganguly was taken to the operation theatre and we did the secondary suture as the wound was healing up and there was no need to keep it open," Sukumar Mukherjee, head of the six-member medical team formed to treat Ganguly, said.
Doctors said that Ganguly had not been experiencing pain and tests showed that the infection had been treated.
Mukherjee added that the dashing southpaw's condition would be reviewed on Sunday to decide on his discharge from the nursing home.
The doctors also refused to give categorical replies to persistent queries about when Ganguly could resume playing. "We don't want to make any comment on this now. We will review his condition on Sunday and then within one or two days we will be in a position to tell you when he can return to cricketing action," Mukherjee said.
