Regenerative Therapies: Stem Cell Therapy Program Replaces Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee

Thursday 13 February 2014

Stem Cell Therapy Program Replaces Arthroscopic Surgery for Knee



Over a period of time, there occurred medical advancements that proved revolutionary; stem cell therapy is one of them. The stem cell therapy is a new alternative to traditional surgeries needed for knee replacement and to treat tennis elbow. Usually, a knee surgery consists of arthroscopic surgery to repair broken knees that takes several months of downtime and recovery.

Traditional surgeries takes months time to heal knee, shoulder injuries and that too with a peril that will never regain full use of the knee. It is seen that more than five and half a million patients visit orthopedic surgeons each year because of knee woes. One of the common problems related to knee injury is a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) that occurs in athletes. Nearly, 250, 000 people in US report torn or ruptured ACL problems each year. Research has shown that ACL injuries are rising in the country owing to the changing trends in sports activities. Knee arthroscopic surgery is a procedure performed through small incisions to repair injuries such as ligaments, cartilage within the knee joint area. The breakthrough stem cell treatment has outmoded the procedure of arthroscopic surgery. At MetroMD, patients request for innovative ways to repair knee injuries that allows them to regain movement in less downtime and at the same time enhance their lifestyle.

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