(CNN) - Former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz has had a third surgery, coming weeks after a gunman shot him in the back in his native Dominican Republic, his wife said in a statement Thursday.
"Earlier this week, David underwent a third surgery for complications resulting from his gunshot wound," Tiffany Ortiz said.
A gunman shot Ortiz in the lower back on June 9 while he was sitting on a crowded bar patio in Santo Domingo.
Following surgery in the Dominican Republic, Ortiz was flown to Boston, where he underwent a second operation.
On June 22, Tiffany Ortiz said her husband was moved out of intensive care.