Fat is the best source for obtaining mesenchymal cells in adults who did not preserve their umbilical cord and need to treat osteoarthritis to regenerate articular cartilage and avoid surgery.
If you've heard that mesenchymal stem cells can only be obtained from the umbilical cord, this post clarifies that adults can also obtain their own mesenchymal stem cells to regenerate body structures like articular cartilage.
Science has demonstrated great progress and we are in Argentina, we perform the more advanced therapies with Mesenchymal stem Cells derived from Adipose Tissue.Mesenchymal stem cells are cells not specialized that they have the ability autorenovarse for long periods of time, differentiating into specialized cells with specific functions, and can give rise to various cell types. This stem cell, in particular, can give rise to bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, or other tissues subjected to the stimulus of biochemical signals of the site where it is implanted.
Using current techniques most novel of which we offer, are extracted in only 15 minutes, fundamentally, mesenchymal cells, and pericytes (cells promoter of blood vessels), as well as cytokines and growth factors (precursors of therapeutic effect) through a simple mini liposuction.
What applications have stem cells in Trauma?
Stem cells are used, mainly, to treat osteoarthritis and articular nonunions of bones. The treatment of knee osteoarthritis with mesenchymal stem cells has achieved significant relief of symptoms in more than 90% of patients with advanced osteoarthritis. There was an improvement in the pain and difficulty walking, especially up and down stairs.
The improvement of pain and functional disability were seen within 6-8 weeks after the treatment, and it is progressive during the first year and even the second.
With the Magnetic resonance imaging called T2 mapping (which is not usual) it has been proven that the treatment with mesenchymal stem cells applied in osteoarthritis of the knee you can stop the progressive loss of articular cartilage and, in turn, produce the effect of regenerative capacity in it.Thus, its main indications are the necrosis of tissues (to regenerate) or nonunion of the bone, as well as for the regeneration of the intervertebral disc.
It is a treatment that also applies in other joints: hip, ankle, shoulder, feet, elbow, wrist, and joints of the hands. The therapy concept is the same as in the knee, because, although the results differ in some aspects, the pattern is the same in terms of improvement of pain and signs of regeneration.
How does the treatment with stem cells?
The stem cells come from the patient himself. Are obtained with a minimum type aspiration of the fat (mini extraction lipid outpatient).
In our case we employ abdominal fat, because the extraction is very simple and you get an amount of 700-fold higher, compared with that which can be obtained with any other procedure.
So, it is done with a small outpatient procedure with local anesthesia, which usually lasts between 25 minutes. It consists of a small liposuction in which they make a small incision (0.2 mm), that don't require points.
To treat the pathology of articular and tendinous a single application. After the infiltration, it is not necessary to rest, and it is recommended to move the joint treated immediately.
The patient may lead a normal life and be able to perform dynamic activity such as cycling or hiking mild, to prevent overloading. If the patient is a worker effort is recommend that you make a week off work.
If the patient works in a desktop, you can resume his activity the next day.
If there is mild discomfort after the infiltration, you should apply ice to local and avoid taking anti-inflammatory drugs during the 10 days before and 2 weeks after treatment.
The pain you feel for the patient is usually mild to moderate and easily controlled with analgesics that do not interfere with the recovery and joint health.
Advantages of stem cell treatment to other techniques
The advantages of stem cell treatment with liposuction is carried out with autologous cells, that is to say, the patient's own, so there is no chance of rejection or risk of malignization.
In addition, with the removal of fat from the abdomen will get an amount of 700 to 1000 times greater in comparison with that obtained with puncture spinal cord (conventional treatment).In addition to this, the cellular product obtained is performed in a device of the closed-loop system that only uses a sterile saline solution to remove the impurities but without using any activator or product external.
This way you preserve the beneficial properties of the tissues.
On the other hand, the extraction and local infiltration was carried out at the same event and each day. All these gestures make the infiltration with human mesenchymal stem cells from fat microfragmentada is of the highest quality and it should be applied in the exact place, resulting in an increase in the percentage of success.
Am I a candidate for this treatment: I am a very adult for me to do this treatment?
You can undergo a stem cell treatment:
– Any person (without age limit) who suffer an injury osteo-articular or tendon that limit the normal operation of the physical activity.
– Any patient in whom there have been relieved the symptoms with other techniques, such as physical therapy, anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids.
– Patients who desire a minimally invasive alternative with minimal risk, before undergoing any major surgery.
– Any person who is not pursuing a blood disorder, or a neoplasia, active, or that this treatment of a neoplasia.
