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Follow on Google News | Orthobiologics: the Art, Science of Using the Human Anatomy to Heal Orthopedic InjuriesA driving force behind their accelerated recoveries is orthobiologics, which combines the body’s natural ability to heal itself and the use of stem cells and advanced medical technologies to repair and heal orthopedic injuries.
By: South Nassau Communities Hospital More recently, in a football game against the University of Tennessee held October 27, 2012, University of South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore suffered the worst knee injury possible, tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his right knee. If these world-class athletes suffered their injuries just three or four years ago, they would have been unable to compete for at least a full season to heal and rehabilitate the injury and most likely another four to six months just to be cleared to return to non-contact training. Despite the severity of their injuries, Peterson and Lattimore were back on the field much sooner than anticipated. Peterson was on the field for the Vikings’ The driving force behind their accelerated recoveries is the art and science of orthobiologics, which combines the body’s natural ability to heal itself and the use of stem cells and advanced medical technologies to repair and heal orthopedic injuries. By definition, orthobiologics is the inclusion of biology and biochemistry in the development of bone and soft tissue replacement materials for skeletal and tissue healing. Perhaps the most familiar orthobiologic treatment is PRP therapy. Clinically referred to as “Platelet- “Platelet- PRP is extracted by drawing a small amount (approximately 10 CCs) of the patient’ Dr. Levitz was one of the first orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists in the US to use the bio-patch and Carticel Therapy. Commonly referred to as the biologic rotator cuff implant, the patch relies on the body’s natural biological agents to jumpstart healing, even as surgery is in progress. The bio-patch is used most often for severe rotator cuff tears that will increase in size without surgical intervention and for chronic, non-healing rotator cuff tears. “The (bio-)patch is the ideal solution for a patient with a large or chronic tear,” Carticel Therapy is a minimally-invasive surgical approach that uses patients’ For patients hampered by damaged meniscus cartilage despite previous operations and facing osteoarthritis and eventually a knee replacement, there is the meniscal cartilage transplantation. A revolutionary, minimally invasive surgical technique, meniscal allograft transplant hinders degeneration of the knee joint and eliminates the constant pain caused by the damaged cartilage. The most widely used orthopedic transplantation technique, allograft tissue, comes from two sources: living donors undergoing primary joint replacements or cadaveric donors. Dr. Levitz performs most transplants arthroscopically. “Regardless of the cause of the injury, the field of orthobiologics is very promising in the healing process,” South Nassau provides the continuum of orthopedic care through its Center for Advanced Orthopedics, which includes the Long Island Joint Replacement Institute™ The Center for Advanced Orthopedics was established to meet the rapidly rising long-term need for full-service, specialized orthopedic care. In addition to specializing in orthobiologics, surgeons at the Center use minimally invasive and image-guided surgical technology to repair musculoskeletal injuries as well as to perform joint replacement surgery. For more information about the Center for Advanced Orthopedics or to schedule a consultation, call 1-877-South Nassau. End
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