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Biotech / Medical : Genzyme Tissue Repair (GZTR)
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To: Bobb who wrote (2469)1/16/1999 7:47:00 PM
From: wiz  Read Replies (1) of 2553
 
Bobb

"It doesn't sound like a Carticel treatment. I'm not a physician, but I know of a couple of people who have so severely damaged their Anterior Crusciate (spelling!) ligament that the ligament had to be replaced with one taken from a cadaver. The two people I know had this surgery, both hurt themselves skiing. As far as I know, both can now walk normally, but avoid skiing."

The replacement "ligament" is most often taken from the middle third of the patellar tendon. If it is the second surgery and the patellar has already been harvested they take half the hamstring ligament from the same leg. If the patient has arthritis..or the patient or doctor prefers it, the replacement is harvested from a cadaver.(last option in most cases) The pluses and minuses are.. the healing process is much faster when the cadaver graft is used, as walking or running downhill is not OK for six months after a patellar has been harvested. However a cadaver graft can on occasion be rejected.. and there is the added risk of disease from the cadaver.
In my neck of the woods this surgery is done 1000 times a year in a community of 3000.-g- (lots of guests)-g-. But the hospital here does do a 1000 ACL surgeries a year. The recovery can be nearly 100%. I had it done myself, as have nearly all my friends. Cartilage is another matter!! That's why I have so much hope for this company, and others like it! Cartilage doesn't grow back completely if at all.

Mark
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