Ex-Panama dictator Noriega let out of prison for brain surgery
His defense lawyer, Ezra Angel, said judicial authorities had granted 82-year-old Noriega a period of home arrest until April 28 to go through with the operation.
Afterwards an assessment will be made on whether he should return to prison or recover outside, judge Katerin Pitti said.
Noriega, who is serving time for murder, was initially sentenced in the United States in 1992.
/Reuters/