Orthobiologics: A New Frontier of Orthopaedics (OrthoPrenuer)
The past 20 years of medicine has been defined by an unprecedented rate of expansion and scientific discovery, opening discussions about chronic diseases and treatment protocols that have never before been addressed. Our understanding of science in many areas of medicine has flourished in these years, bursting wide the floodgates of possibility. With greater understanding of disease processes and pathology, a new area of medicine, coined orthobiologics, has emerged as the frontier for disease treatment with the potential to revolutionize medicine.
Orthobiologics have a specific emphasis on tissue healing and restoration by harnessing regenerative potential within the body’s own cells and redirecting their use for accelerated healing in damaged or diseased parts of the body. Orthobiologics have been used in a variety of different areas of medicine, such as cardiothoracic surgery, wound healing, ophthalmology, sports medicine, orthopaedic surgery, urology, cosmetic surgery, maxillofacial surgery and dentistry, and their applications continue to expand.1
The emergence of orthobiologics in the area of sports medicine and mus...
