Mayo clinic offers a unique regenerative medicine approach for repairing knee cartilage which can be completed in a single surgery.
Regenerative stem cell therapy for knees.
However research into stem cell treatment for oa of the knee is somewhat limited and the results of studies are mixed.
The food and drug administration approved the use of this technique known as recycled cartilage auto allo implantation reclaim in a trial utilizing the stem cell bank in the mayo clinic center for regenerative medicine.
I had my consultation and found out that i would be a great candidate for stem cell therapy.
Knee pain gone in two weeks.
Stem cell therapy is particularly effective for older patients suffering from osteoarthritis.
For knee injections doctors often take stem cells from the patient s bone marrow fat tissue or blood.
I was referred to dr.
Brandt and thrive md by a friend.
Chronic painful orthopaedic problems in the knees or shoulders that haven t improved with conservative non surgical treatments such as physical therapy are often candidates for regenerative stem cell therapy dr.
This is often referred to as regenerative therapy.
Stem cell therapy for knee pain i was having terrible knee pain all the time and it was difficult to just walk and use the stairs.
Generally speaking stem cell therapy is more effective for older patients who are not as active as they once were and so their body does not produce the same level of regenerative cells.