Vol.XXXVII, Suppl. 1 - Giornale Italiano di Ortopedia e Traumatologia

EspEriEnZa cLinica: stiMoLaZionE dEL tEssuto ossEo
ricerca clinica di alto livello dalla quale emerge come la
stimolazione elettrica dell’osteogenesi rappresenti un’arma
effi cace nelle mani dell’ortopedico allorquando vengano
poste correttamente la diagnosi e la indicazioni.
In presenza di pseudoartrosi atrofi che, malallineamenti
e perdita di sostanza superiori ad 1,5 cm dovrà essere
eseguito un trattamento ortopedico prima di eseguire
quello biofi sico. Il trattamento biofi sico deve essere
seguito dall’ortopedico il quale, se non osserva risultati
dopo 45-90 giorni, dovrà prendere in considerazioni
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altre opzioni terapeutiche. In presenza dello stimolo biofi
sico è possibile l’impiego anche di trapianti ossei e
fattori di crescita dei quali migliorerà l’utilizzo.
In conclusione, al termine di questa carrellata sul passato
e sul presente della realtà della biofi sica clinica appare
lecito dare uno sguardo anche al suo immediato futuro
dove, sulla base delle più recenti acquisizioni, si sta
aprendo un altro interessante campo di ricerca che lascia
prevedere l’utilizzo delle metodiche biofi siche come ausilio
per la medicina rigenerativa.
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