Cellular therapy knee Chennai, India. Although the concept ‘Stem cell’ used widely is an invalid one because these cells don’t have any ‘stemness’ that is they don’t make cartilage, bone or muscle themselves, still surgeons and hospitals continue to use them to attract patients. So thos surgeons and hospitals proclaiming that some cells have the property of ‘stemness’ are wrong. Instead these cells stimulate resident stem cells within the knee joint do synthesize cartilage. This leads to alleviation of pain in the first place and later repair of cartilage to a limited extent. They are powerless to repair completely worn out knees and can never be a substitute for a knee replacement. Instead they can postpone a knee replacement by several years.
This infographic contains three videos from young, middle aged and older patients with one year follow up in the later two. If you are interested in these procedures, email drvenkat@kneeindia.com
