Cultured Cells Injected to Repair Knee (Biloine Young @ OTW)
Faced with a patient with a severely disabling injury on her left knee, doctors at JPN Hospital in New Delhi successfully performed their first “third generation autologous chondrocyte implantation.” According to the report in The Hindu, doctors used the patient’s own cultured cells to repair damage to the cartilage in her knee.
“This advanced surgery is being probably done for the first time in any government set-up in the Capital and we are proud to announce that the patient is recovering well,'' said Professor in-charge of the sport injury and arthroscopy unit, Department of Orthopaedics, Vinod Kumar.
Explaining the procedure Kumar said: “The patient injured her knee while participating in a dance program in August 2011 at her home town in Uttar Pradesh. Her knee developed swelling and she had constant pain. They brought her to this hospital in Delhi and after investigations we found that the patient had damaged her cartilage of the knee joint which doesn't repair by itself.
“Since the patient was very young we decided that she is suitable to undergo this latest procedure where healthy cartilage cells are taken, grown ...
