It was nearly 50 years ago that legendary Dr. Frank Jobe pioneered the procedure of replacing a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in the pitching elbow by grafting a tendon from the wrist of the ...

The hybrid approach, combining the ligament replacement originated by Dr. Frank Jobe with the artificial internal brace developed by Dr. Jeffrey R. Dugas, was developed by Texas Rangers team ...

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Dr. Frank Jobe, who worked with children with polio, using tendon transfers to help them, informed John that he could experiment and see if it could work on his elbow. It would be only a 100-1 ...

The procedure was first performed in 1974 by Dr. Frank Jobe, and it famously saved the career of Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John, for whom the surgery is named. The surgery involves ...

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The surgery that Los Angeles Dodgers team physician Dr. Frank Jobe performed in Sept. 1974 saved the career of John, who ...

He trained under Dr. Frank Jobe who pioneered the surgery and named it after his first patient, Tommy John. The Dodgers pitcher retired at age 46 after 26 MLB seasons.

When Dr. Frank Jobe first performed the procedure on Tommy John nearly 30 years ago, he categorized John's chances of pitching again at about one percent. Today, when pitchers blow out an elbow ...

Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2014 Dr. Frank Jobe, Pioneer of 'Tommy John' Surgery, Dead at 88 Orthopedic surgeon Frank Jobe, MD, acclaimed for groundbreaking surgery on baseball pitcher Tommy ...