An orthobiologic helps injuries to heal by using cell-based therapies and biological materials that will become part of repaired but living tissue.
What kinds of orthobiologic are commonly used?
The materials may be:
- Matrix - such as bone grafts or artificial matrices (eg from calcium phosphate)
- Growth factors
- Stem cells - autologous stem cells, allograft non stem cell therapies like amniotic fluid or umbilical cord blood
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
WEBINAR REPLAY
Professor Paul Lee discusses "The magic of fat cells."
Orthopaedic and sports medicine specialist, Professor Paul Lee, discusses how orthopaedic surgeons can use abdominal fat to extract special cells that can help arthritic pain.
*Please note that this is a replay of a live event. Questions were asked and answered during the original event, but there is no live moderator during this replay.
CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS
Orthobiologics and platelet rich plasma. Dhillon MS, Behera P, Patel S, and Shetty V. Indian J Orthop. 2014 Jan-Feb; 48(1): 1–9.
Biological treatment of the knee with platelet-rich plasma or bone marrow aspirate concentrates. Moatshe G, Morris ER, Cinque ME, Pascual-Garrido C, Chahla J, Engebretsen L and Laprade RF. Acta Orthop. 2017 Nov; 88(6): 670–674.
