"Logic will get you from A to Z. Imagination will get you everywhere!"- Albert Einstein.
Q> Would you imagine a stem cell injection for an adolescent with a partial ACL tear?
Here is 9 year followup from one of the youngest patients I have treated with bone marrow concentrate for a partial ACL tear.
He also had a displaced medial meniscus tear that needed to be repaired so I did that surgically.
After several discussions, the parents, the patient (he was 14 years old) and I all agreed to inject the ACL with BMC.
We were hoping to avoid ACL reconstruction and the potential future arthritic changes that often occur after that surgery, especially when done in a 14 year old.
The video HERE is from today.....he has had no symptoms and no restrictions for the last 9 years!
Unfortunately a couple days ago he had a new basketball injury....so...we will figure out what to do now after we get the MRI!
Video HERE is from 7.5 years ago....about 6 months postop from the stem cell ACL procedure in this video.
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