It’s important to say that with this application patients could expect some inflammation of the knee for 24-48 hrs, with some discomfort related to inflammation. For this type of application, we suggest between 20-25 million stem cells per knee but of course it depends on each patient’s particular condition. When applying an excessive volume of cells, our organism responds to such excess and ends up destroying them. Research has shown improvement on patients who have received as few as 5 million stem cells intra-articularly. To repair and regenerate the wear of the knee, it is not indispensable to apply a large volume of stem cells, in this case it’s more important the quality and the viability of the cells rather than the number of the cells injected. Complete Bone marrow is sometimes the best bet to complete this kind of stem cell application because of all growth factors that it contains, although may also use umbilical cord or placenta stem cells according to the case and the doctor’s recommendation. The main benefit from Stem Cell Knee injection is that it repairs and regenerates the cartilage. Stem cells are obtained through the bone marrow of the patient without manipulating them, this way the cells have a higher viability, stability and they keep their regenerative cell capacity. This technique has existed for many centuries and it has been updated and standardized as years go by. When we talk about stem cell injections for knees, we are mainly talking about the intra-articular application of stem cells, in order to consider this specific application, we need to make a prior evaluation of the patient’s condition and determine whether or not stem cell is a good path for them to follow. Bone Marrow stem cells infused with it’s natural growth factors and stimulants give nutrition to the cartilage to promote its regeneration. Stem Cell Therapy implies the use of cells with the capacity to regenerate in the body, there are different sources for these cells such as the skin, the liver, fatty tissue but the main source is the bone marrow.
Research suggests that stem cell therapy can help restore a normal cartilage and bone function. Therefore a very active young person could go through several knee replacements in his life. Usually a knee replacement lasts only for 10-15 yrs depending on the habits of the patient. Severe cases are treated with total knee replacement surgery, which are extremely expensive and may not always yield long-lasting results. Recovery of the cartilage structure and function has remained a challenge for a long time, mainly because cartilage is a tissue without nutrition of vessels, once it’s damaged auto regeneration becomes really hard due to the lack of nutrition. Swollen knee or increased tendency of swelling of jointsĮssentially, autologous stem cell therapy is the use of a natural resource of repairing cells that already exists in our body.If you have any of the following symptoms, a stem cells procedure for knees may be the right choice for you: There are additional factors that we also have to keep in mind that could contribute to these types of injuries, such as: hereditary factors, susceptibility to wear of the cartilage, metabolic factors that may alter the cartilage structure without leaving behind the excessive overload related to overweight and obesity, also the improper habits of the patients like bad postures (crossing your legs in awkward positions). If you don’t address this, it helps to speed the degenerative process of the injury, which also causes a progressive wear down of the articular cartilage and makes a harmful microenvironment for the joint and surrounding cartilage structure like the meniscus and internal ligaments, all of this increases the speed in the progression of the injury. That’s why young adults very frequently present injuries or ruptures of the meniscus, these types of injuries cause the cartilage in the joint to overwork more than usual making the cartilage to wear down As the cartilage degenerates, it also affects the bone surfaces resulting in the formation of osteophytes (bony projections). Many times, these traumas can be repetitive which lead to intra-articular instability and overload of the regular function and structure of the knee. The most frequent knee injuries are mainly caused in the adolescent stage of life, these injuries tend to be on the ligaments of the knee usually occasionally by trauma such as falling, hitting on any surface, etc.
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