Dodgers rookie infielder Tony Abreu underwent season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his right hip Wednesday that was his second operation in eight months and will take at least another three months to recover from.
The surgery repaired a torn labrum in Abreu's hip joint that is believed be the cause of groin pain that has sidelined him from baseball activities, and he can now expect to resume those in about six weeks.
"Hopefully, this solves all the problems," Manager Joe Torre said.
For a brief time, Abreu had been in line to be the team's opening day third baseman and would have also spent time playing shortstop for an injured Rafael Furcal and back up at second base.
But rest and rehabilitation on a groin strain suffered during a March 25 spring training game has not enabled Abreu to play without discomfort, so he was examined by leading hip surgeon Marc Philippon at his Vail, Colo. clinic and had the procedure done there.
Abreu also underwent surgery last October to repair a torn abdominal muscle, three months after originally injuring himself.
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