China will probably have 1 million people with spinal cord injury in 2020 (80,000 per year). One third of the spinal cord injury people in the world. The US has about 10,000 spinal cord injury patients per year. <\/p>\n
Wise Young, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University Director, W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience Presents a talk at the March 2008 Spinal Cord Workshop: “Spinal Cord Injury: What are the barriers to cure?”<\/p>\n
Yes this article has two long videos, but they are very interesting. Telling about procedures that are restoring mobility to full spinal cord injuries and to get past the myths about the state of medicine in China.<\/p>\n
Chinese surgeons typically have ten times the experience of american surgeons.
\nChinese orthopedic surgeons can handle bone surgery and inject stem cells.
\nSpinal cord procedures with stem cells need to have bone surgeons with stem cell and nerve surgery all in one or at least a very tight working teams.
\nThe US has a strict split between bone versus neural surgeons.
\nChina has a lot of very well funded hospitals with the latest equipment (bought with the trade surplus.)
\nChina has shifted from government funded medicine to cash only to insurance with 50% copay.
\nChina in 2004 clamped down on clinical trials and has the most strict regulations on it now.
\nThey executed some doctors who did not follow the rules. Now doctors are very careful and precisely follow the rules.<\/p>\n