Cofidis cyclist Luis Ángel Maté has been involved in the Hospital de Molina, by the Sports Traumatologist, Dr. Francisco Esparza Ros, and the Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Juan Francisco Abellán, of the right clavicle fracture suffered Thursday At the XXVI Playa de Palma Challenge Mallorca.
The right middle clavicle operation that has been successful - has consisted of osteosynthesis.
It involves the placement of a plate with screws to fix the bone and allow the rider to start their recovery and, therefore, their training in the shortest possible time.
"If everything goes well, Saturday will be discharged from hospital, taking care of the wound, in two or three days you can use the roller, and once you have removed the stitches that are usually between seven and ten days, you could begin to train. That before six weeks, are able to compete, "say Drs.
Esparza and Abellán.
Under his supervision, and after discharge, the 32-year-old cyclist will continue to control on an outpatient basis.
The cyclist fractured his right clavicle by falling, along with other runners, in the last kilometers of the Porreres-Felanitx-Salines-Campos Trophy.
Already in 2010, he fractured the same bone when he disputed the Begheli Grand Prix, with the team Androni.
Source: Hospital de Molina