Factors Important to Patient Decision-Making After Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury in Competitive High School and Collegiate Baseball Players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients are faced with several treatment decisions after an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury: nonoperative versus operative treatment, repair versus reconstruction, and immediate versus delayed surgery.

Purpose/hypothesis

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors important to patients when deciding which treatment to pursue after a UCL injury. We hypothesized that (1) length of time away from sports and seasonal timing would be important to patients and (2) treatment decision-making would be heavily influenced by how many and which seasons of their baseball career would be missed.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

High school and collegiate baseball players with UCL tears treated at an academic institution were surveyed re

SUBMITTER: Bixby EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10350754 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature