British superodel Naomi Campbell released from hospital in Brazil

The British supermodel was released Friday from the Brazilian hospital where she underwent emergency surgery Monday to have a small cyst removed from her abdomen.

"She recovered very well from her surgery," Mirtes Bogea, a spokeswoman for the locally renowned Sirio Libanes Hospital, said Friday. "Doctors signed her release, and she left in the afternoon in a helicopter that someone sent to pick her up."

Gynecologist Dr. Jose Aristodemo Pinotti confirmed that he operated on Campbell but would provide no further details about the nature of her condition, only telling the Agencia Estado news service that the 37-year-old was "completely cured."

Pinotti said he performed a laparoscopy, a relatively noninvasive procedure in which a small incision is made, usually through the navel, and a little tube fitted with a camera is inserted to examine a person's abdominal and pelvic organs.

"I cannot reveal what Naomi had, nor how serious her condition was, but I can say I operated on her, and she is completely cured," Pinotti said.

Per local reports, leading infectious disease specialist Dr. David Uip also cared for Campbell during her week-long stay at Sirio Libanes.

"Following the successful procedure, she is now resting and is looking forward to getting back to work," the catwalker's publicist, Jeff Raymond, said in a statement Tuesday. "She would like to thank the doctors who have kindly looked after her."
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