Shohei Ohtani's doctor, Dr. Neal ElAttrache, confirmed that Ohtani underwent a second surgery, different from the first, but did not explicitly confirm it was a Tommy John surgery. Ohtani stated that the procedure was much different from his first one and that he didn't formally announce the surgery. He played for about six weeks with a torn ligament without experiencing symptoms while batting. Contrary to previous reports, it was clarified that Ohtani did not undergo Tommy John surgery.
Shohei Ohtani didn't undergo Tommy John surgery https://t.co/MazEHvk4mO
“(Shohei Ohtani) played for about six weeks with a ligament that we knew was torn, and he didn’t have any symptoms at all when he was batting.” https://t.co/fXnzlpEEn2
When asked to confirm he had another Tommy John surgery, Shohei said "It was a procedure, I'm not sure what it's called I know it was completely different from my first time. I don't know what you want to call it, you can probably talk to my doctor about that" https://t.co/p2p8e7msMy
Shohei Ohtani says he didn’t formally announce his second surgery and still did not confirm that it was Tommy John surgery. #Dodgers “It was much different from my first procedure.” https://t.co/5esUOeeySE
“Shohei can you confirm you have had a 2nd Tommy John surgery?” Shohei: “I’m not an expert. It was different than my first surgery. I’m not sure what it was called. You can talk to my doctor about that.”
#DrNealElAttrache spoke to @LATimesfarmer about the second Tommy John surgery he performed on Shohei Ohtani and offered some details about his anticipated recovery: https://t.co/O9xPU2Tap6