Hyderabad: Apollo hospitals to set up regenerative medicine department

Hyderabad: A state-of-the-art regenerative medicine department for rebooting organ damage would be soon established at the Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills through a significant partnership with world-renowned traumatology and regenerative techniques Italian specialist Professor Enrico Castellaccii.  

Regenerative medicine would help in rebooting or replacing tissues or organs damaged because of disease, injury, age or other issues, in place of treating symptoms with medication and procedures. The method makes use of platelet-rich plasma and mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of traumatic and degenerative diseases. 

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The hospital in collaboration with the professor would provide advanced treatment options in traumatology and regenerative techniques including regenerative medicine, traumatology, PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) therapy, stem cell infiltrations, transplants and mesenchymal stem cells for treatment. 

The statement issued by the hospital stated that the treatment offered by the department would rely on four pillars of Regenerative Medicine, Traumatology, PRP and Stem Cell infiltrations, and transplants.

This technique to be introduced by the Apollo hospital would aid in dealing with cartilage, muscle and tendon disorders in various joints, and treating traumatic and degenerative diseases. This is a single stage procedure which would benefit the patients as it relies on joint preservation and minimal invasive injury along with ensuring treatment of larger cartilage defects, reports the Telangana Today. 

Thus, the hospital is all set to provide a world-class and highly advanced treatment options in traumatology and regenerative techniques with the help of this collaboration. The regenerative treatment would be under day-care services. 

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited is an Indian multinational healthcare group, with its headquarters in Chennai. It was established in 1983 as the first corporate healthcare provider in India, and it has multiple branches in various states of India. 

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