TABLE 1.
Demographics for All Professional Pitchers Undergoing Revision Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction From 2010 to 2016a
n | Mean ± SD | Median (Min, Max) |
|
---|---|---|---|
Age, y | 69 | 26.3 ± 4.2 | 25.3 (19.5, 40.4) |
Time from signing to surgery, d | 69 | 2147 ± 1613.0 (70 months) |
1803 (44, 7167) |
Time from primary to revision, d | 69 | 1424 ± 1184.0 (47 months) |
971 (315, 5665) |
Postsurgical career length, yb | 32 | 1.7 ± 1.3 | 3 (0, 5) |
n | % | ||
Handedness | |||
Right | 52 | 75.4 | |
Left | 17 | 24.6 | |
Primary role | |||
Starter | 42 | 60.9 | |
Reliever | 27 | 39.1 | |
Level at time of surgery | |||
MLB | 26 | 37.7 | |
MiLB | 43 | 62.3 | |
Graft type | |||
Autograft palmaris longus | 22 | 31.9 | |
Autograft hamstring tendon | 34 | 49.3 | |
Unknown or other | 13 | 18.8 | |
Tunnel configuration | |||
Docking | 17 | 24.6 | |
Modified Jobe | 41 | 59.4 | |
Unknown | 11 | 15.9 |
aMax, maximum; MiLB, Minor League Baseball; Min, minimum; MLB, Major League Baseball.
bOnly players who retired prior to the 2017 season were eligible for postsurgical career length calculations.