Orthopedic Surgeons Grand Rapids MI

Orthopedics is the branch of medicine that researches, diagnoses, treats, and repairs all musculoskeletal traumas including degenerative diseases, congenital disorders, sports injuries and accident injuries. Here you will find the best orthopedic surgeons around Grand Rapids that know how to heal and restore. Search and find the orthopedic specialist in Grand Rapids, MI that will take care of you.

Healthquest of Grand Rapids
(616) 803-9918
831 Fuller Ave Ne
Grand Rapids, MI
Discover Chiropractic Center, P.C.
(616) 956-1112
6740 Cascade Rd. S.E. #6
Grand Rapids, MI
Safe Harbor Animal Hospital
(616) 942-8147
4547 Cascade Road SE
Grand Rapids, MI
Dennis C Hammond
616-464-4420
4070 Lake Drive S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI
Cascade Hospital for Animals
(616) 949-0960
6730 Cascade Rd. SE
Grand Rapids, MI
Ashutosh Chaudhari, MD
(616) 776-7430
100 Michigan St NE
Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan Pain Consultants
(616) 575-5020
4100 Lake Dr SE,
Grand Rapids, MI
Peak Performance Chiropractic
(616) 447-9888
4150 E Beltline Ave Ne Suite 3
Grand Rapids, MI
Woodland Chiropractic
(616) 361-9888
2700 5 Mile Rd NE Ste 101
Grand Rapids, MI
Wilcox Family Chiropractic
(616) 531-1500
935 52nd St SE
Kentwood, MI
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Orthopedic Surgeons

Osteoarthritis causes the cartilage in joints to wear down over time. Unfortunately, this cartilage cannot repair itself. When left untreated treated, the damage increases the load, or burden, on the remaining cartilage, raising patients' risk of developing degenerative arthritis.

Physicians use cartilage cell implantation to treat damaged articular knee cartilage. Articular cartilage forms a protective layer covering the ends of bones in joints. To perform this procedure, physicians remove cartilage cells from the injured knee, clone the cells in the lab and re-implant them back into the joint to regenerate cartilage on the damaged surface of the knee.

Now, a product called Trufit, a biodegradable plug (also called scaffolding), improves this procedure. The scaffolding provides structure for stem cells in the blood to attach and support cartilage regeneration. Trufit has properties similar to the body's natural cartilage and bone. It fills the space where physicians remove cells, and it's porous, so it helps tissue grow. Trufit is biodegradable. In approximately nine months, when the cartilage has regenerated, Trufit is reabsorbed into the body.

After just one surgery, patients enjoy relief from knee pain. Within two to four weeks, patients can walk with crutches, and by four to six months, they can begin engaging in low-impact sports. There are no known side effects with Trufit.

How arthritis affects knee joints

Osteoarthritis gradually destroys cartilage in the knee, forming scar tissue and painful bony growths. Researchers have identified a primary culprit for an increased risk of osteoarthritis: above normal levels of the protein beta-catenin in people who have a rare genetic mutation for the protein that regulates levels of beta-catenin...

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