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Back in 1992, when Mark Schickendantz, MD, started working for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team, surgery was much more common for ballplayers’ shoulder injuries. Today, the Head Team Physician for the Indians and Director of Sports Health at Cleveland Clinic shares how much things have changed.
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