Amnion Applications in the Foot and Ankle

Thanh Dinh; Casey Lewis

doi:10.1016/j.cpm.2019.06.004

Amnion Applications in the Foot and Ankle

Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2019 Oct;36(4):563-576. doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

Authors

Thanh Dinh¹, Casey Lewis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Podiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: tdinh@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Division of Podiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

PMID: 31466568
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2019.06.004

Abstract

Amnion and chorion products show great promise and have real potential to be mainstays of treatment for chronic, nonhealing wounds. Although amniotic products do carry a cost, the decrease in time to healing, with the assumed subsequent decrease in complication and infection rates, should also be taken into consideration. These products, with their unique biologic potential and availability in the clinical setting, may prove to be beneficial in a vast array of podiatric surgical applications.

Keywords: Amnion; Chorion; Foot and ankle; Surgical applications; Wound healing.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Allografts
Amnion / transplantation*
Ankle Injuries / therapy*
Chorion / transplantation*
Foot Injuries / therapy*
Humans
Podiatry*
Wound Healing*