Valdés tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during Barça's 3-0 win over Celta Vigo on 26 March after landing awkwardly while saving a free-kick.
The 32-year-old Spain international had an operation in Augsburg, Germany, on Monday and Barça confirmed on their website the surgery had gone successfully.
A statement on www.fcbarcelona.com read: "Victor Valdés has been operated on this Monday morning by doctors Ulrich Boenisch and Ricard Pruna in Augsburg on his torn anterior cruciate ligament. The knee's internal cartilage has been sewn up and the operation was concluded successfully. Valdés will be out of action for approximately seven months."
Valdés will not only miss the World Cup finals in Brazil but is likely to have played his last game for Barça. The long-serving goalkeeper plans to leave the Camp Nou at the end of his contract in June.
Valdés has played 535 games for Barça since making his debut over a decade ago, and won six Primera Division titles, three Champions League crowns and two Copa del Reys among a host of other trophies. He was also part of the Spain squad who won the 2010 World Cup and 2012 European Championship.
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