Poster 190. Clinical Outcomes Following Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction with Palmaris Longus versus Gracilis Autograft in Baseball Players: A Cohort Analysis
Joshua Scheiderer, Nathaniel Tchangou, Harrison Fellheimer, Daniel Kwak, Brooks Martino, Frank Cautela, Christopher C. Dodson, Michael C. Ciccotti, Steven B. Cohen, Michael G. Ciccotti · 2026
Read Poster 190. Clinical Outcomes Following Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction with Palmaris Longus versus Gracilis Autograft in Baseball Players: A Cohort Analysis by Joshua Scheiderer, Nathaniel Tchangou, Harrison Fellheimer, Daniel Kwak, Brooks Martino, Frank Cautela, Christopher C. Dodson, Michael C. Ciccotti, Steven B. Cohen, Michael G. Ciccotti (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13530838.txt.
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Scheiderer and colleagues present in 2026, as conference poster 190, a cohort comparison of the two commonest graft choices for elbow ligament reconstruction in baseball players. The choices are the palmaris longus tendon from the forearm and the gracilis tendon from the thigh. Biomechanics says they are equally strong; clinical proof was thin.
Seventy-one players with at least two years of follow-up, fifty with gracilis and twenty-one with palmaris grafts, completed outcome surveys. The groups matched on age, body mass, playing level, position, and every preoperative measure, and surgery details and complication rates did not differ either. After surgery, elbow scores, satisfaction classifications, and return classifications were all statistically similar between the grafts at two years. The one difference favored the forearm graft: elbow flexion reached 148 degrees against 144 with the thigh graft.
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| CREATOR | Joshua Scheiderer, Nathaniel Tchangou, Harrison Fellheimer, Daniel Kwak, Brooks Martino, Frank Cautela, Christopher C. Dodson, Michael C. Ciccotti, Steven B. Cohen, Michael G. Ciccotti |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |