| Title | From mini-invasive to non-invasive treatment using monopolar radiofrequency: the next orthopaedic frontier. | | Author(s) | Whipple TL | | Institution | American Self Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Research of Virginia, Richmond, VA 23233, USA. whipple@americanself.com | | Source | Orthop Clin North Am 2009 Oct; 40(4):531-5, x. | | MeSH | Catheter Ablation
Humans
Orthopedic Procedures
Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Tendinopathy
Treatment Outcome
Wound Healing
| | Abstract | Tendinopathy arises from a failed tendon healing process. Current non-invasive therapeutic alternatives are anti-inflammatory in nature, and outcomes are unpredictable. The benefit of invasive alternatives resides in the induction of the healing response. A new technology that uses non-invasive monopolar capacitive coupled radiofrequency has demonstrated the ability to raise temperatures in tendons and ligaments above 50 degrees C, the threshold for collagen modulation, tissue shrinkage and recruitment of macrophages, fibroblasts, and heat shock protein factors, without damaging the overlying structures, resulting in activation of the wound healing response. Monopolar capacitive-coupled radiofrequency offers a new non-invasive choice for tendinopathies and sprained ligaments. It does not interfere with subsequent surgical procedures should they become necessary. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 19773059 |
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