What is Tommy John Surgery? UCL reconstruction is a surgery commonly used to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament inside the elbow by replacing it with a tendon from elsewhere in the body. The goal ...

Clinicians may consider ofloxacin use, alcohol consumption and a reduced plantar flexor strength as modifiable risk factors ... such as genetic contributors to collagen structure formation and tendon ...

Department of Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to: Dr. Richard D. Lawson, Department of Hand Surgery and ...

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It has two attachments near the shoulder. one inside the shoulder joint (the “long head biceps tendon”) one in front of the shoulder joint (the “short head biceps tendon”) Near the elbow, the two ...

Trigger finger is an irritation caused by thickening of a ligament at the base of the finger. The ligament forms a tunnel overlying the flexor tendon, which connects your forearm muscles to your ...

Edited* by Marc R. Montminy, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, and approved May 5, 2010 (received for review January 20, 2010) ...

He, too, entered the season on the IL after suffering a setback in his recovery from flexor tendon surgery. The Astros have also had to turn to a pair of rookies — Ryan Gusto and Colton Gordon.

Surgery to repair his flexor tendon and ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow would put an end to a season where Steele’s top-of-rotation presence was expected to be crucial to postseason ...

The tendon's distal end was encased in scar tissue (Fig 2), and the proximal end was not visible through the window and had migrated proximally. The incision was extended over the flexor tendon ...

The reliable righty needed Tommy John surgery and a flexor tendon repair, knocking him out of action until the summer of 2026 at the very least. However, it’s not all bad news for the Guardians. In ...