- During this time, an active person may have caused a lot of damage to their cartilage, but their joint has not yet reached a point where it is permanently and widely damaged.
- With such a holistic approach, all the joints are seen as synergistic parts of a system, from the cartilage surfaces to the ligaments that keep them stable.
Many active adults give up when they first notice their knee “clicking” all the time or their hip being stiff. In conventional orthopedic discourse, joint damage was frequently perceived as an unavoidable progression toward a significant surgical resolution: total joint replacement. Replacements are still a big part of modern medicine, but they really mean the end of the “natural” joint.
A new approach is taking hold with the establishment of the Oxford Cartilage & Sports Centre, part of Oxford Orthopaedics, thanks to a practitioner who is bridging the gap between the lab and the operating room.
Dr. Francis Wong Keng Lin is a unique figure in the local medical field. He is Singapore’s only orthopedic surgeon-scientist with a PhD in cartilage regeneration research. He can bring together a lot of scientific knowledge and clinical experience because he has done both high-level academic research and worked in a clinical setting. This means that treatment plans for patients are not just based on what has always been done but also on the quickly growing field of biological repair and regenerative medicine.
Dr. Wong’s extensive background demonstrates the usefulness of this “surgeon-scientist” model,...
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