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Emerging Orthobiologic Approach to Fractures

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Sport medicine is a specialization, in which traumas and bone fractures are a very common problem. Long bone fractures like ulna, radius, tibia and fibula are most frequent. As orthopaedists we should know the alternative and less invasive forms of traumas treatment (non-surgical therapy) as well as a way to support and accelerate the tissues healing process, when traditional treatment is insufficient or ineffective. Both adolescent and adult athletes have to deal with this problem. Orthobiology is an innovative field of biomedical technology. This new regenerative branch of medicine allows a new therapeutic approach aimed at biological regeneration of tissues, rather than their replacement. Additionally, orthobiological treatment reduces the pain, which is the main problem reported by the athletes.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Veteran’s Memorial Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

    Marcin E. Domzalski

  2. Veteran’s Memorial Teaching Hospital, Lodz, Poland

    Patrycja Szkutnik

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  1. O.A.S.I. Bioresearch Foundation NPO, Milan, Italy

    Alberto Gobbi

  2. Clínica do Dragão, Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre – FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Porto, Portugal

    João Espregueira-Mendes

  3. Musculoskeletal and Joint Research Foundation, San Diego, California, USA

    John G. Lane

  4. Department of Orthopedics, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mustafa Karahan

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Domzalski, M.E., Szkutnik, P. (2017). Emerging Orthobiologic Approach to Fractures. In: Gobbi, A., Espregueira-Mendes, J., Lane, J., Karahan, M. (eds) Bio-orthopaedics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54181-4_37

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