Anyone have experience with them? I need ACL replacement and not sure if I'm going use the guy who done it before.

I had spinal surgery at their Bensalem facility and had a great experience.

Ive heard they are a good facility. surgery is not always necessary. If you' like to explore other options give me a ring I can give you some more info on what we do. We have helped an immense amount of people avoid invasive treatments through stem cell and concentrated platelet therapies. We can naturally treat most full thickness tears that are not fully retracted, the knees do the best with these treatments 

 

our website is www.AmorosoSpineandPain.com the treatments are called Regenexx

 

www.Regenexx.com

 

Good Luck!

Ive heard they are a good facility. surgery is not always necessary. If you' like to explore other options give me a ring I can give you some more info on what we do. We have helped an immense amount of people avoid invasive treatments through stem cell and concentrated platelet therapies. We can naturally treat most full thickness tears that are not fully retracted, the knees do the best with these treatments

 

our website is www.AmorosoSpineandPain.com the treatments are called Regenexx

 

www.Regenexx.com

 

Good Luck!

I'm not a doctor, I go off what they say, but my ACL is fully torn and gone lol I just want something that solves my issues and fixes all.

Nor am I, I was just throwing it out there because we have seen an increased amount of over operating on things that do not need immediate surgical intervention. If your ACL is "non-Existant" on MRI its possible that it is fully retracted which is worse case scenario and is not treatable with stem cell. The other reason is because ACL's are sometimes replaced with a cadaver ACL that is not to the same spec as your original. This can sometimes cause it to be lax and allow for excess movement in the joint, increasing the speed at which the joint degenerates down the road i.e. arthritis and other degenerative tears. 

 

please share your experience with Rothman when your recovered God speed man!

This is going be a LONG reply, but figure I am going lay it all out on the table and get some good input.

 

So recently some of you know I tore my ACL again from slipping and falling on ice/snow.  I went to my original doctor at South Jersey Sport Medicine, where he had me get X-Rays and a MRI. After gettthing this done and him looking at it he told me that I once again completely tore my ACL and need a replacement. Now I tore it a little last year where he went in to remove that piece, but in January I just tore what was left of it so now it needs a replacement, unless I wanted to do PT and wear a brace for the rest of my life he said, but since I am young (25) he stated surgery is best because I will heel faster yada yada.  I talked to my gfs uncle about this who has had some shoulder and minor knee surguries and he told me to go to Rothman Institute and see his guy who is Paul Marchetto (he does surguries for the Eagles, Flyers, and Phantoms). I went and saw him this Monday and brought my X-Rays and MRI's with me.  After he saw it he told me yes I do need a ACL replacement because I did fully tare the ACL again.  BUT he mentioned somethings my original doctor didn't mention.  He first stated to me in the X-Ray he can see that where they drill a hole into your bone to put the ACL through, the bone normally grows inward which binds the bone to the ACL, some cases it doesn't and will cause a ceist. In my lovely case that is what happens and he showed me where in the X-Ray. He told me he will need to do a bone graph to fill the hole and make sure the ACL bonds better. Another thing he mentioned that my original guy didn't was that I have the option of two things, get a donor part or use one of my own. They remove a small piece of the muscle behind my knee, that grows back on its own, take it out braid in and use that as my ACL because it tends to bond better. Paul recommends that over donor for any young person and athlete, in my case I am the young category. He also mention that my maniscus is slightly worn on the sides where he would go in a clean it up, and maybe will some weight lose that pain will go away, or I will be contacting you NYMETSFAN lol. My original doctor mention it might be torn but won't know till he goes in.

 

Todays comes for my post appointment before surgury with my original guy.  I told him I got a second opinion, he asked from whom and I told him. I told him first about the bone graph thing. He commented with saying X-Rays can show you have a ceist but it actually may not be a ceist. So he determines if I need a bone graph when he is already doing the surgery. He said when he goes in and drill the bone, if he feels the hole is bigger then normal he will do bone graph, if not then its not needed. He then said he does not recall seeing a ceist on the X-Ray, now Paul directly pointed to it for me so I don't know.  When I told him about how Paul recommends using my own part, he said because I had a incident that tore the ACL he recommends using the donor, he said if the ACL just wore down from the donor he then suggest using my own. Now to me hearing this makes me feel that the donor part can easily wear down so why wouldn't I just use my own part? The other different thing that was said was my doctor said I will get a ice machine and thats it, Paul said he wants a ice machine and a pump machine sent to my house to use.

 

Another tricky part is, after my visit with my original doctor, when walking out to follow his nurse to have her just tell me the what to dos before sugury (I already made surgery for 25th when I first saw him) he said, make sure you fill out and have him consent the bone graph. Now ALL the paperwork was done the first visit when I said yes do surgery, and now I mentioned bone graph he all of a sudden rememebered to have her do the paper work?

 

What would YOU guys do?  I had good luck with my original, grant it this would be my 4th knee surgury.  I just want this to be the LAST!

I'm not a doctor, I go off what they say, but my ACL is fully torn and gone lol I just want something that solves my issues and fixes all.

 

Cybernetic Implants....Just Sayin'

 

Now back on topic:  I have a lot of co-workers who have gone to Rothman and are very happy. 

Whenn It comes time to fix my foot I'll be using Rothman.

I have gone to Jefferson for years great hospital. I have nothing specific with Rothman but all of the experiences I have had with Jefferson have been good for what its worth

Well I went with Rothman Institute and had my surgery yesterday. I will say I made a great choice. The complete staff their yesterday was amazing. I will not lie I am the WORST person when it comes to needles or hospital, those are my only two fears in life. They were there for me 100% of the way. Even after surgery every doctor, has called me last night to check up on me, and even today. Shows they care for their patients to the max. So far everything is going good, tomorrow I get this tube out of my hip (because I used my own tissue there's a lot more pain so the tube drips drugs directly to my nerve that runs down my leg so my leg is numb) and then I can move around more. All in all so far everythig great and I will recommend Rothman.

Great EWC glad everything went well. Rest up and get healthy quick

congrats on the success!

Glad to here it. Hope you get back on your feet soon.