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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