"The operation that lasted three and a half hours has finished, everything is great," Pyatigorsky said. "He feels great. I think tomorrow he'll stand up and walk, as is the case usually. I've already talked to him."
The operation took place in one of the Tel Aviv's clinics, while the recovery process is expected to take at least six months.
Plushenko's last-minute pullout caused a firestorm of controversy in his home nation. Concerns were high before the Games that his fitness - in doubt due to 12 operations on his back and knee in the last few years - wouldn't allow him to skate four programs in eight days. Many were lobbying for 18-year-old Maxim Kovtun to go in his place after he beat Plushenko in the Russian nationals.
Last month, Plushenko backtracked on an earlier statement he would retire, saying he may try to reach the next Winter Games in Pyeongchang, when he would be 35 years of age, far older than any current elite-level skater.