All That You Need to Know About Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair
According
to the reports, approximately 4000,000 ACL injuries occur every year.
An ACL
reconstruction surgery in Mumbai
is one of the most common orthopaedic procedures. During the surgery,
an orthopaedic surgeon clears the end of a torn ACL ligament and
replaces it with a graft borrowed from the patient’s hamstring
tendons or any other suitable graft harvesting site.
What
is Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair (BEAR)?
In
case of early detection of ACL injury, surgeons can fix the ligament
back to its position while preserving the nearby ACL tissues. This
new technique is known as a BEAR procedure, and doctors perform it by
using stitches and a bridging scaffold (a sponge-like element
injected with the patient’s bone marrow cells). It helps in
stimulating the healing process of the torn ACL ligament.
One
of the significant difference between ACL
reconstruction surgery and BEAR technique is that BEAR
technique does not require the patient’s graft to heal them. Unlike
ACL reconstruction, the patient’s ACL tissues are preserved, and
they can get back to their sports activities sooner.
Treatment
Overview
Under
this procedure, a tiny absorbable sponge is soaked with distinctive
healing factors and
stitched to both torn ends of ACL. The patient’s concentrated
marrow cells are infused into the sponge to enhance the healing
process. The ends of the ACL grows inside the sponge, reconnect with
the nearby tissues and eventually replace the sponge.
The
primary goal of the BEAR technique is to speed up the recovery
process, minimize invasiveness of surgery and retain the original ACL
tissue with its original strength. This is unlike the ACL
reconstruction surgery. Dr
Pranjal Kodkani highly
emphasizes on preserving the natural ACL tissue wherever possible
rather than replacing it with a tissue graft which is relatively more
invasive and has a longer period of recovery.
Book
your appointment or visit our centre for world-class treatment of ACL
reconstruction/repairing surgery. Dr Pranjal Kodkani will assist you
with the best ACL treatment after evaluating you completely to assure
your full healthy recovery.
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