Massimiliano Colombo
University of Milan
Italy
Biography
Massimiliano Colombo has completed Medicine and Surgery at University of Milan and specialization in School in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at University of Milan. He is at present working as orthopaedic surgeon and researcher at unit of Orthopaedic Reparative Surgery and Risk Management, G. Pini Orthopaedic Institute, piazza Cardinal Ferrari 1, University of Milan. He has good knowledge of the problems of bone tissue as regards its regeneration and healing processes. He performed numerous national and international publications on the topic of bone necrosis, delayed consolidation of the fractures, non union, bone defects with particular interest in the field of biotechnology, such as growth factors, bone substitutes and mesenchymal stem cells. He produced: 3 medical scientific monographs; 43 orthopaedic scientific publications in Italian and foreign journals, including many with relevant impact-factor and multiple citations; 17 scientific posters presented at conferences. He performed an economy drug study on the use of growth factors in traumatology entitled "Comparative analysis of costs and cost/effectiveness ratio of the treatment of persistent post-traumatic non-unions of the tibia with autologous transplant of the Iliac Crest or Osigraft® (Eptotermin alfa, rhBMP-7,rhOP-1)”. He is performing a study about the effectiveness of a new system for the insertion of distal screws in the implant of long femoral nails. He recently completed a comparative study on the efficacy of growth factors (rh-BMP-7) with respect to autologous bone graft from the iliac crest in the treatment of 150 nonunions and loss of substance of the long bones.
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