A 3.5-mm anchor with internal brace and suture was placed in the medial epicondyle (b). The suture was passed and the UCL was repaired while leaving the limbs of the internal brace free (c). 4.

As for the hinged elbow brace Purdy is wearing, it’s both protective and constructive. “When you first get in it after surgery you’re in it at 90 degrees.

The athlete is placed in a splint, with the arm extended for about a week and then switched to a hinged-elbow brace, which allows elbow motion. By six weeks, the athlete has typically regained ...

March 31: Wearing a hinged elbow brace, Purdy tells Fox Sports 910-AM in Phoenix: “Out in public, it looks like I have a robotic arm.” ...