SAO PAULO (AP) -- Pele is recovering from prostate surgery in a Sao Paulo hospital.
The Albert Einstein Hospital says in a statement on Thursday that 74-year-old Pele is in a ''stable'' condition after the surgery this week.
He underwent a procedure called transurethral resection of the prostate, which is usually needed to relieve urinary symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate.
The hospital did not say when Pele is expected to be released.
The surgery came almost five months after he was hospitalized for two weeks because of a urinary tract infection. At the time, Pele spent several days in an intensive care unit while undergoing hemodialysis to help support his only kidney.