News 23 May 2011

Pedrosa undergoes surgery for collarbone injury

Perdrosa gone under the knife to repair his broken collarbone

Perdrosa has gone under the knife to repair his broken collarbone.

After contemplating his options for a few days and talking further with his doctors, Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa has decided to undergo surgery to repair his broken right collarbone, the result of the crash he suffered in the Grand Prix of France.

Perdrosa has again put his trust in surgeons Dr. Joaquim Casañas and Dr. César García-Madrid, the same medical team at Teknon Medical Centre in Barcelona, who performed his last operation on 6 April.

At that time, they removed the plate from the left collarbone to decompress the subclavian artery.

His latest surgery, which took place last Wednesday, involved inserting a titanium plate to fix the fracture in the right collarbone.

Following medical checks, he will be expected to begin passive rehabilitation within the week.

Pedrosa’s participation in the Grand Prix of Catalunya remains uncertain.

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