Cell-based surgery includes a group of modern treatments for tissue damage, where cells are manipulated and supported to grow into a prepared damaged area to heal the problem.
Cell-based surgery in regenerative orthopaedics
As younger patients look for cartilage treatments to delay or avoid knee replacement, more knee surgeons are beginning to offer 'regenerative' treatments as an alternative to knee replacement surgery.
Synonyms:
Cell therapies
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Relevant content -
- Regenerative surgery
- Marrow stimulation
- Autologous chondrocyte implantation/ACI
- Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implant/MACI
- Autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis/AMIC
- Nanofracture Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis/NAMIC
- Regenerative medicine
eBook - Knee arthritis interventions when you are too young for a total knee replacement
Easy-to-read ebook about the options available to people with knee arthritis when they are in the younger age group for knee replacement.