Eugene Laverty underwent surgery this afternoon to plate his left radius after fracturing the bone in a crash yesterday in testing at Jerez. Laverty's primary injury is a fracture of the distal radius with avulsion of the left ulnar styloid but a fractured vertebrae and shoulder were also discovered today. Having been transferred to Barcelona the Irishman went under the knife to have a titanium plate inserted to the radius joint in a 90 minute procedure. The surgery was performed by MotoGP's regular surgeon, Dr Xavier Mir, who deemed it a success. Laverty crashed at the high speed Turn 7 having started to push harder on his Ducati. The corner sees riders dab on the brakes to scrub some...
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