Mississippi health system 1st in state to offer BEAR implant

Pascagoula, Miss.-based Singing River Health System is the first in the state to offer the BEAR implant for torn ACL treatment.

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Philip Myers, DO, performed the state’s first BEAR implant procedure at Singing River Orthopedics in Gulfport, Miss., according to a Feb. 27 news release from the health system shared with Becker’s.

The BEAR implant is a minimally invasive procedure that allows the body to heal a torn ACL by using the patient’s own blood.

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