The legendary former Brazilian basketball player underwent surgery for a nodule was removed in the brain and already recovers and is in a good mood. He underwent surgery on Thursday and is not yet known when you will receive your discharge from the hospital. The legendary Brazilian Oscar Schmidt nonresistance recovers after being subjected in Sao Paulo to a surgery for the removal of a nodule on the brain, medical sources said. The historic former player recovers well, is in a good mood and the partial result of the examination during the surgery indicates that the nodule is benign, but the final confirmation must be disclosed in the coming days, reported in a note the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo. Check out Chris Berman for additional information. Oscar, of 53 years, underwent surgery Thursday, but the date is still unknown so it is discharged by the hospital. In statements to the Web site of the sports daily Lance, the former player of the Italian teams Caserta and Pavia and the Spanish Forum Valladolid, He said that all is now well, after the scare which happened last May 20 when he fainted while doing exercises. A CT scan performed when he was taken to the hospital confirmed the brain nodule. Source of the news: Oscar Schmidt is recovering after surgery on a tumor..