Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the cartilage and bone tissue of the joint.. It is considered irreversible.. The most common is osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joint.. The pathology is constantly progressing, the pain intensifies, and the joint is deformed. As a result, you have to do an operation for joint arthroplasty. But modern medicine has the ability to restore articular cartilage. In the early stages, doctors treat osteoarthritis with stem cells. You can travel abroad for cell therapy.
How is osteoarthritis treated with stem cells Stem cells (SCs) can be obtained in various ways to treat osteoarthritis, for example, from blood or bone marrow, but most often they are taken from adipose tissue. There are a lot of SC here, you can get them quickly and easily. These types of cells (mesenchymal) are great for restoring connective tissue structures, which include cartilage and bone tissue..
Treatment takes several hours. It takes place in three stages:.
Getting SK. Treatment begins with lipoaspiration: under local anesthesia, doctors puncture the skin of the abdomen, inject a substance that dissolves the membranes of fat cells into the subcutaneous adipose tissue, and then suck out the liquid fat.
Isolation of the stromal-vascular fraction. It contains a large number of fat cells. Methods of isolation are different, they are divided into enzymatic and mechanical. In foreign centers, cell isolation is usually not done manually.. For this, special devices are used that operate in automatic or semi-automatic mode.. Adipose tissue can be placed in the device, and at the output, a sterile stromal-vascular fraction ready for injection into the joint can be obtained.
Introduction SC. Approximately 1 hour later (the exact time depends on the method of SC isolation), the doctor performs an intra-articular injection. This completes the treatment.. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated after a few weeks.
Treatment results The treatment method works by stimulating cartilage regeneration inside the patient's joint. SCs mature to chondrocytes and are embedded in the areas of cartilage defects, and also secrete growth factors that stimulate tissue repair.
As a result of using cell therapy:.
- Articular cartilage thickness increases and these changes can be seen on MRI - Cartilage metabolism improves - Pain decreases - Joint function improves - Osteoarthritis progression slows - Reduces the risk of needing future arthroplasty The effects of stem cell therapy can be felt after a few weeks, and.
To undergo treatment abroad, use the Booking Health service. On the website of the medical tourism operator, you can find out prices, compare the cost of services in different clinics and choose a medical program. Signing up for treatment through Booking Health, you will receive services for organizing a trip abroad.