UCL Ligament

Avoid Elbow Surgery with Cureisin

Tommy John Surgery (TJS) is a colloquial name for a surgery to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL), the ligament that holds the elbow together and stabilises it. Injuries to the UCL are especially common in baseball among cricketers due to the incredible physical strain caused to the arm by throwing. The common treatment for cricketers suffering from tears in their UCL has been the Tommy John Surgery, a procedure that involves drilling holes in the ulna and the humerus and attaching a graft tendon taken from elsewhere in the body. Cricketers can typically begin throwing balls again after 18 weeks and will miss a full professional season in recovery. A percentage never return to play while some careers are cut short.

During this outpatient procedure, our expert physicians use precise image guidance to inject custom concentrations of your body’s natural healing mechanisms into the exact areas of damage in your elbow to repair damaged tissues and to improve function and mobility. Best of all, your downtime will be a fraction of surgery, with little to no need for opioid pain medications or time off of work.