New Delhi: Stem cell repair holds a great promise of ‘replacing’ joint replacement. The new found belief in re-growing worn out knee rather than artificially replacing it is catching up with joint sufferers and potential knee replacement candidates.
It may not be too long before cell based therapy becomes the first line of treatment for orthopaedic conditions and injuries. Stem cell knee injections are dramatically reducing a knee-compromised person’s need for surgery. In stem cell based therapy, your own body’s cells are used to repair and promote healing of degenerated or injured joints.
Sample this: A lady doctor (name deliberately omitted) of repute in her sixties in East Delhi, is a telling example of knee re-growing itself, thanks to stem cell injections. She felt excruciating knee pain while going upstairs; she would limp while walking; popping up pain killers and steroids for relief and remission. She was staring at the possible knee replacement.