Riyadh, 17 nov (EFE).-the King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, was today submitted to a surgical operation to correct a problem of the back in a Riyadh hospital, reported the official news agency saudi SPA.

a monarch, 88 years old, entered the King Abdulaziz Hospital of the National Guard in Riyadh, according to the note, which said that the operation will consist of stretch a ligament in his back.

in October 2011, the saudi sovereign was successfully operated in the spine in that same centre doctor.

in addition, the King underwent surgery in New York on 24 November 2010 a herniated disk and a blood clot caused by the same.

on 3 December of that same year, returned to be operated as part of the treatment to secure the discs of the spine and returned to Saudi Arabia after completing the period of recovery in February 2011

< p> Koning van Saoedi-Arabië is Abdullah sinds de dood van zijn halfbroer, koning Fahd, 1 augustus 2005. EFE