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The more commonly used name for it is "Tommy John Surgery". Its actually called UCL or Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction. It is a procedure where a ligament in the elbow is replaced with a ligament from elsewhere in the body. It was named after a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher named of course, Tommy John, who was the first to successfully go through the surgery.

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