BioEnthesis - Rotator Cuff Repair Augmentation
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Bed in! (Bio-Sticky tack!)
Rotator cuff injuries can be life changing. Case in point, Kobe Bryant whose performance dipped because of it, while The Tiger Woods happened because he had to move away from baseball due to the same. It’s not so uncommon for your favourite athlete has to go on a long time off to recover.
Recovery rate is slow because of time needed for reliable tendon to bone healing before stress testing. Also, there is re-tear. Studies suggest it can 15% higher at 3 months, up to 16% at 6 months. Some suggest up to 40% in large tears. Where do we turn in these cases? Biologics - especially in large tears.
Sparta Biopharma (love the name!) have brought out a Scope compatible memory foam mattress to make a better bone repair interface. It is BioEnthesisTM , a biphasic allogenic, acellular, cancellous bone allograft that is placed inter-positionally between the decorticated humeral head and torn tendon(s) - thus helping us to manage massive tears. The biphasic composition promotes both osteointegration along with intact porous collagenous matrix for tendinous healing. It’s literally placing a sticky tack - Made of Human allograft and requires 15 minutes to rehydrate.
Animal studies at 12 weeks post op, show new bone formation and enthesis regeneration with Hi-Mag images show Sharpey fibres formation. As of now no clinical studies available to look at results. Check the detailed procedure here
