{"id":3555,"date":"2023-05-14T19:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T22:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/tratamientos\/knee-osteoarthritis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:43:02","slug":"knee-osteoarthritis","status":"publish","type":"tratamientos","link":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/treatments\/knee-osteoarthritis\/","title":{"rendered":"Knee Osteoarthritis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Knee osteoarthritis<\/strong> is a degenerative and &#8220;wear and tear&#8221; 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.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Knee osteoarthritis usually develops slowly and pain usually progresses in a similar manner, although it may present with spontaneous decompensation (primary osteoarthritis).<\/p>\n\n<p>Occasionally, osteoarthritis is due to previous knee injuries, whether ligamentous, meniscal or cartilaginous, which accelerates the onset of symptoms (secondary osteoarthritis).<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can stem cell or PRP therapy help?<\/h3>\n\n<p>This regenerative medicine treatment is indicated for articular cartilage, muscle, tendon and ligament injuries, as it improves recovery times.  <br\/>Also, when administered in tendon and muscle injuries, healing times are reduced.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The advantages of mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are that:<\/strong><br\/>&#8211; 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.<br\/>&#8211; It achieves beneficial results in anterior cruciate and other ligament surgeries.<br\/>&#8211; 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.<br\/>Stimulates fibrocartilage regeneration in osteochondral injuries, ligament injuries, acute or chronic tendinitis and patellar tendon pathology.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1371\" src=\"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/artrosis-de-rodilla-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/artrosis-de-rodilla-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/artrosis-de-rodilla-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/artrosis-de-rodilla-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/artrosis-de-rodilla-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/artrosis-de-rodilla-1536x1029.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the treatment protocol?<\/h3>\n\n<p>The stem <strong>cell protocol<\/strong> consists of extracting a small sample of the patient&#8217;s own adipose tissue in a high biosafety room under local anesthesia within 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<p>The procedure takes approximately 45 minutes, with same-day outpatient discharge.<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">The <strong>PRP protocol<\/strong> consists of extracting an adequate sample of peripheral blood from a patient&#8217;s vein.<\/span> This is then processed in a high-tech system, generating a HYPERCONCENTRATION of platelets in a high biosafety environment, and then a dose of &gt;10 billion platelets is re-injected to the patient.<\/p>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<p>The procedure takes approximately 45 minutes with same day outpatient discharge.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are mesenchymal cells or PRP administered?<\/h3>\n\n<p>All of our regenerative medicine products are administered locally, under live fluoroscopy or via portable ultrasound with Wi-Fi connection.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long will it take to see results?<\/h3>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3431,"template":"","categoria":[6],"class_list":["post-3555","tratamientos","type-tratamientos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-ortopedico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tratamientos\/3555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tratamientos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tratamientos"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stemcelltherapyargentina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=3555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}