Knee osteoarthritis is a degenerative and “wear and tear” disease that occurs most often in older people, but can also occur in younger people due to previous knee injuries. The cartilage gradually wears away, which decreases bone protection.
Knee osteoarthritis usually develops slowly and pain usually progresses in a similar manner, although it may present with spontaneous decompensation (primary osteoarthritis).
Occasionally, osteoarthritis is due to previous knee injuries, whether ligamentous, meniscal or cartilaginous, which accelerates the onset of symptoms (secondary osteoarthritis).
How can stem cell or PRP therapy help?
This regenerative medicine treatment is indicated for articular cartilage, muscle, tendon and ligament injuries, as it improves recovery times.
Also, when administered in tendon and muscle injuries, healing times are reduced.
The advantages of mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are that:
– It offers a non-surgical alternative therapy to reconstructive surgery for certain injuries, such as chronic tendinopathies, ligament rupture, osteonecrosis and chronic or acute tendinopathies.
– It achieves beneficial results in anterior cruciate and other ligament surgeries.
– It prevents fibrous tissue formation during recovery from muscle injuries. The use of plasma rich in growth factors also helps to recover earlier than usual.
Stimulates fibrocartilage regeneration in osteochondral injuries, ligament injuries, acute or chronic tendinitis and patellar tendon pathology.
What is the treatment protocol?
The stem cell protocol consists of extracting a small sample of the patient’s own adipose tissue in a high biosafety room under local anesthesia within 15 minutes.
Once this adipose tissue is obtained, it is processed through an ultrafiltration and fragmentation system to obtain a biological product called adipose tissue microfragmentation or nanofat.
This product contains 40% mesenchymal cells, in addition to other properties that exert anti-inflammatory effects on articular cartilage and its adjacent structures, such as tendons, ligaments and muscles.
The procedure takes approximately 45 minutes, with same-day outpatient discharge.
The PRP protocol consists of extracting an adequate sample of peripheral blood from a patient’s vein. This is then processed in a high-tech system, generating a HYPERCONCENTRATION of platelets in a high biosafety environment, and then a dose of >10 billion platelets is re-injected to the patient.
All platelet-rich plasma treatments are always quantified in terms of platelet values, which makes our therapy practically 99% different from that of other regenerative centers.
The procedure takes approximately 45 minutes with same day outpatient discharge.
How are mesenchymal cells or PRP administered?
All of our regenerative medicine products are administered locally, under live fluoroscopy or via portable ultrasound with Wi-Fi connection.
How long will it take to see results?
The results of regenerative treatments begin to be observed in each patient between 15 days and 2 months, although there are cases where reports begin to be objective between 6 and 12 months.
