According to PWinsider, a source close to the situation states that Ric Flair did not have colon surgery, as Gene Okerlund (and other sources) initially stated. He did have a surgery but the Flair family has not disclosed what that was publicly. Flair is currently dealing with a number of medical issues on his road to recovery.
There are a number of issues Flair is dealing with medically and he is not out of the woods yet. so please keep him and his family in your thoughts.