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Patient’s Own Stem Cells Used to Repair A Shattered Leg (Video)

This is pretty newsworthy to say the least as the woman’s leg had been broken for a number of years and was facing amputation and then this…as you watch the vide they put the two ends together and used a gel and further up her leg injected more stem cells.  The patient uses telemedicine to check in so doctors can see the progress of the growing bone.  BD 

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A groundbreaking surgical technique has been used to rebuild the leg of a woman who suffered a bad break in a hit-and-run accident.

Video - Shattered Leg Rebuilt Using Stem Cells - WSJ.com

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