Dani Pedrosa leaves Barcelona hospital

Dani Pedrosa has been discharged from hospital in Barcelona today having undergone successful surgery to repair the badly injured left collarbone he suffered in a practice crash during last weekend’s Japanese MotoGP race.

Pedrosa needed a titanium plate and eight screws to fix the collarbone that was seriously damaged when a throttle problem violently threw him off his factory Honda RC212V at the Twin Ring Motegi.

The incident killed off his slender 2010 MotoGP title hopes with his absence from this weekend’s Sepang race in Malaysia meaning Jorge Lorenzo needs to only finish 10th to claim his first world title.

The Fiat Yamaha rider hasn’t finished below fourth in the opening 14 races of the campaign.

Pedrosa left the USP Dexeus clinic in Barcelona at 10:00 a.m. this morning.

Surgeon Dr. Xavier Mir, discharged Pedrosa 48 hours after the operation, after observing that he was recovering from the operation as expected.

Pedrosa will return to the clinic in Barcelona on Wednesday to visit Dr. Mir for the necessary treatment and to check how the injury is progressing after the operation.

Dr Mir said: “48 hours after operating on Dani Pedrosa’s fractured left collarbone, which we fixed using a titanium plate, the post-operation process is correct and yesterday he started to make small passive movements of his shoulder and elbow.

“We have discharged him and today he will start active-passive rehabilitation with his trusted physiotherapist. We will meet again next Wednesday to treat him again and check how the injury is evolving.”