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Ever look at how an ACL gets repaired?

• raverbashing 10y ago
  Let me guess, (dead) donors?
  • beisner 10y ago
    Either that, or they can take a slice of your own patellar tendon and just graft that on where your ACL used to be.
    • adventured 10y ago
      There are other options inbound rapidly. Osiris Therapeutics for example has something called Stravix, that they're targeting at tendon repair first. It'll be on the market in November - "Stravix is a cryopreserved human placental tissue designed to address surgical needs for soft tissue repair" "Stravix was developed as a pliable allograft cover with tensile strength that is ten times greater than amniotic membranes alone and designed to offer durability, elasticity, and conformability for surgical procedures. In addition, Stravix retains the properties inherent to the native fresh tissue as a result of Osiris’ proprietary cryopreservation process, BioSmart" They have a bunch of products in the regeneration space. Cartiform for cartilage repair. Menvivo for meniscus repair. etc
    • ericd 10y ago
      Just went through the latter. Would have been so much nicer if there was a way to just regrow it. The attendant swelling in the knee causes the quad to shut down, and atrophy before you get to reactivating it, which precipitates a year-long process of physical therapy before you've got a full stable and strong leg again.