Neal ElAttrache, MD, performed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler’s second Tommy John surgery, mlb.com reported Aug. 23.
Dr. ElAttrache performed the procedure and also repaired a flexor tendon in Mr. Buehler’s right arm, the report said. In 2015, Dr. ElAttrache completed the pitcher’s first Tommy John surgery.
Mr. Buehler’s timeline for recovery is not. A person’s first Tommy John surgery can require a yearlong recovery, and a second can take longer, the report said.
Amherst, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics suffered a data breach affecting about 357,000 people.
The FDA issued several spine and orthopedic devices and technologies in November.
Laura Luick, MD, recently joined Integris Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City to provide foot and ankle surgery.
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