Monday, April 29, 2013

Dr. Dougherty's early 2013 travels



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.

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