2013 has
been a very busy year so far. The start
of the baseball season began in January with baseball physicals in the
Dominican Republic, followed by spring training for the Royals and Naturals in
Surprise, Arizona in February.
April
started with travel out Breg headquarters in San Diego where he helped launch
the t scope brace that Dr. Dougherty helped design for patients after hip
surgery. The brace is designed to help
protect the patient by providing them with supportive brace that will keep the
operated hip in a position of safety while allowing them to carry out their
daily activities as well as protect the hip while sleeping. The brace also
serves to reduce the risk of hip dislocation following surgery. It represents a significant step ahead of
prior options for the hip after surgery both in terms of comfort and safety for
the patient.
He then traveled out to Newport Beach
California to lecture on hip arthroscopy, including delivering a new procedure
for cartilage replacement in the hip that he has pioneered. This step
represents a first in the world procedure that will allow for grafting of
cartilage defects of both the ball and socket through the minimally invasive
procedure of arthroscopy. He also spoke
on pubic symphysis arthroscopy and continued his work on repairing hamstring
tears through the arthroscope instead of a large open incision. In May he
travels to Miami to teach shoulder and knee arthroscopy.
