Timing of surgery in professional baseball—an analysis of Major League Baseball pitchers who underwent ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction
The timing of UCLR during the season has a significant effect on the absolute time to RTSP in MLB pitchers. Those who undergo surgery later in the season have significantly longer absolute time to RTSP than those earlier in the season.
Authors
- Keigo Honoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-8434)
- John S. Theodoropoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-7800)
- Scott J. Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2459-3384)
- Timothy A. Burkhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6185-2395)
- Lawrence Wengle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-8673)
Institutions
- Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JSES Reviews Reports and Techniques
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xrrt.2025.100599
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00