Whilst it was initially hoped that stretching and massage would suffice, the 20-year-old - whose three premier-class starts have yielded an amazing three pole positions, three podiums and the world championship lead - strongly hinted on Sunday evening that he would take advantage of the two-weekend gap in the racing calendar to undergo an operation.
Surgery was duly carried out in Barcelona on Monday afternoon by Doctor Xavier Mir, head of arm surgery at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus, with a press conference to be held on Tuesday.
Round four of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship, the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, takes place on May 4.
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