'Tommy John' elbow reconstruction 95 percent successful with grown teen pitchers, study says
Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 05:14
in Health & Medicine
A new study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13), found that 95 percent of skeletally mature high school pitchers were satisfied with their "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery. Almost as many, (94.7 percent) returned to competitive baseball.