Regenerative Medicine

Regenerative medicine represents one of the most innovative fields of biomedical research.
Its development aims to offer the possibility of replacing or regenerating tissues, stimulating the body's own repair mechanisms.
Regenerative medicine methods are now widely used in the orthopedic field in the treatment of early arthrosis, ligament, tendon and meniscal lesions.
However, there is growing interest in the use of the same techniques also in the treatment of arthritic pathology of the spine.
In selected cases, people suffering from lumbar disc herniation and significant degeneration of the interbody disc, it is possible to use these techniques and technologies.
Once the herniated disc has been removed through a surgical microdiscectomy, adipose (fat) tissue is removed from the person using a mini aspiration with a dedicated needle.
This, thanks to particular technologies, is purified in real time and prepared to then be administered into the damaged disc (figure ).
The procedure aims to reduce local inflammation and further improve the post-operative outcome.
Future studies will be able to say whether there will also have been a limitation of disc damage or even disc regeneration. The procedure is absolutely minimally invasive, comparable to simple microdiscectomy, with the same short hospital stay and post-operative recovery times.