traumatic AVN -bone stimulator tratment option?

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Recently diagnosed with traumatic AVN in my foot. My podiatrist is advovcating a bone stimulator as a treatment option. What is it? Is it a successful treatment? I can find no information about it relative to AVN.

-- Barbara Beck (b1w1b1@msn.com), December 09, 2004

Answers

If you find out anything let me know. The only info I can find relates to the hip. Apparently this joint in my foot in not a common area for this type problem.

tsparler@earthlink.net

-- Tara S Parler (tsparler@earthlink.net), February 17, 2005.


the bone stimulator sends low electric pulses to the foot simulating your bodies tendancies to repair broken bones. They have the same success rate as surgery. I am currently using one for my foot right now. They sound pretty impressive, though the person who supplied me with most the information on it was a sales person. Doctors have agreed though that they really do work so i am looking forward to the results

-- jo jo (jojo@aol.com), February 20, 2005.

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