22 Jan Stem cell therapy for knee repair in Sarasota Florida. Avoid Knee Replacement Surgery
Stem cell and PRP therapy for knee repair
Recent research discussed the beneficial effects of stem cell injections. Doctors in Iran followed six women whose MRIs suggested advanced knee osteoarthritis. The knee osteoarthritis was so severe that knee replacement surgery was recommended. The women, average age 54, received a stem cell treatment with the stem cells derived from their bone marrow. The results?
“During a one-year follow-up period, we found no local or systemic adverse events. All patients were partly satisfied with the results of the study. Pain, functional status of the knee, and walking distance tended to be improved up to six months post-injection, after which pain appeared to be slightly increased and patients’ walking abilities slightly decreased. Comparison of magnetic resonance images (MRI) at baseline and six months post-stem cell injection displayed an increase in cartilage thickness, extension of the repair tissue over the subchondral bone and a considerable decrease in the size of edematous subchondral patches in three out of six patients.”
Emadedin M, Aghdami N, Taghiyar L, Fazeli R, Moghadasali R, Jahangir S, Farjad R, Baghaban Eslaminejad M. Intra-articular injection of autologous mesenchymal stem cells in six patients with knee osteoarthritis. Arch Iran Med. 2012 Jul;15(7):422-8.
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