How a new treatment for ACL tears harnesses the body’s own healing power
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The Central Vermont Medical Center has become the first hospital in Vermont to offer an innovative new treatment for ACL tears that doctors say can help a torn ACL heal itself.
“It’s an exciting new addition to the ACL toolbox,” said Dr. J.P. Begly, an orthopedic surgeon at the Central Vermont Medical Center.
In March, Begly performed the first surgery in Vermont using an innovative ACL implant.
“It’s called the Bridge Enhanced ACL Repair or BEAR procedure, and what it involves is actually a new technology that allows us, in some tears, to use the patient’s own ACL in a repair technique,” he explained. “It’s using your own tissue so that already has your own cells in it and your body, it kind of allows your body to heal itself.”