03-04-2023, 04:43 AM
Major League Baseball, like many sports leagues around the world, has been shut down indefinitely because of the growing threat that is the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Spring training has been suspended and Opening Day has been pushed back to at least mid-May, and that remains subject to change as the situation develops.Several states and counties have banned elective surgeries on a temporary basis to le sen the burden on our health care system during the pandemic. As a result, famed surgeon Dr. James Andrews announced his facility, the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Pensacola, Florida, has temporarily stopped performing Tommy John surgeries. :"We are not performing any non-urgent or non-emergent procedures, including Tommy John surgery, in compliance with the governor's executive order," the spokesperson wrote. "We are adhering to these restrictions and all such cases are suspended at this time."On March 20, Florida governor Ron DeSantis i sued an executive order banning " Royce O'Neale Jersey any medically unnece sary, non-urgent or non-emergency procedure or surgery which, if delayed, does not place a patient's immediate health, safety or wellbeing at risk, or will, if delayed, not contribute to the worsening of a serious or life-threatening medical condition."Tommy John surgery is still being performed at other facilities, however. . Los Angeles County has i sued a recommendation against elective surgeries but has not yet banned them outright.Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom told reporters, , the club received a surances Sale's surgery would not interfere with the fight against COVID-19. From Cotillo: "It was important to all of us to do this in a way that would not place any undue burden on anyone suffering due to coronavirus," said Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom. "I spoke to Dr. ElAttrache personally to make sure that was the case here and he is just Ed Davis Jersey as mindful of the considerations that go along with surgery at a time like this. We are obviously appreciative that he was able to the procedure but also that he took the time to discu s those considerations with us."..."We know this is not life and Jeff Green Jersey death and that there are people who are suffering in situations that are life and death," Bloom said. "That's why it's important to us to make sure that we weren't putting any burden on the health system that would be a negative for people who are battling the coronavirus or any other ailment. It certainly is something we all know is nece sary for his livelihood but we're aware it's apples and oranges when you talk about this versus something that is life-threatening.". It was performed by Dr. David Altchek, the team's medical director, at the Hospital for Special Surgery in West Palm Beach after Florida i sued its ban on elective surgeries. The doctor determines what is an elective surgery, however, and Dr. Altchek declared Syndergaard's procedure e sential. , Dr. ElAttrache defended performing Tommy John surgery during the pandemic, saying it is e sential to the player's career and livelihood. Here's what Dr. ElAttrache told Schulman:"I know that I'm going to get criticized for taking care of these Joe Ingles Jersey kinds of guys, but it's e sential to their livelihoods," ElAttrache said. "If you have somebody's career at stake and they lose two seasons instead of one, I would say that is not a none sential or unimportant elective procedure."..."We're trying to select players so we don't overtax the system," ElAttrache said. "We have to have some criteria. We don't want it to be arbitrary. We want the public to trust what we're doing. If we didn't have some criteria for selecting patients, we easily could be accused of bias for non-medical reasons and lose the public trust."Dr. ElAttrache told Schulman the Kerlan-Jobe Institute is performing approximately 90 percent fewer Tommy John surgeries during the pandemic and all potential surgeries must be approved by an Utah Jazz T-Shirts internal panel, with the most time-sensitive procedures given the most consideration.Sale is in the first year of a five-year, $145 million contract signed last spring. He could have delayed his surgery a few weeks and not been hurt financially, though it would have made him le s likely to pitch next season. Syndergaard, meanwhile, is on a one-year contract worth $9.7 million. He will not be eligible for free agency until after 2021. His huge payday hasn't arrived yet.Tommy John surgery typically peaks in spring training as players increase their throwing following the offseason. Fourteen players had Tommy John surgery in February and March this year, including big names like Sale, Syndergaard, and . Last year 11 players had Tommy John surgery in February and March, and the year before it was 22.