Osteoarthritis of the knee, or gonarthrosis, is a degenerative disease that affects the femoral and tibial cartilage, the gradual consumption of which strips the underlying bone, causing over the years swelling (due to the loss of chondrocytes that reabsorb synovial fluid), pain and stiffness during movement. All this determines a significant impact on the quality of life.
In fact, those who suffer from knee arthrosis know the pain of walking or the discomfort during walks, not to mention the pain at night.
Often, in the advanced stages of the disease, it is necessary to intervene with a prosthetic surgical treatment to replace the damaged joint. This technique discourages many patients due to the invasiveness of the treatment, especially younger ones with a high need for movement. For this reason, For some years now, specialized orthopedists have offered a very innovative but above all minimally invasive therapeutic approach to allow the patient to regain their motor functionality with satisfaction.
Cartilage is a tissue that can hardly repair itself following damage, due to the absence of vascularity. To make up for this defect, regenerative medicine harnesses the regenerative power of autologous mesenchymal stem cells to repair damaged tissues.
Mesenchymal stem cells are a population of adult, immature and undifferentiated stem cells accessible from a variety of sources, including adipose tissue, a tissue that is easy to harvest with a little liposuction. Mesenchymal cells, derived from adipose tissue, perform a trophic action, which consists in the production of growth factors and cytokines to induce cell migration, proliferation and differentiation, together with the processes of angiogenesis and inflammation control.
However, the legislation provides that cells and tissues, once collected, must not leave the operating room and be manipulated as little as possible. This limit actually represents an advantage, namely that of keeping intact the architecture of the vascular-stromal niche (the so-called “habitat” of mesenchymal cells) and the mechanical properties of the adipose tissue, capable of protecting the damaged joints.
The use of autologous adipose tissue in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis allows the patient to obtain significant improvements such as: reduction of pain and inflammation, recovery of joint function and the possibility of physical activity. All this following a simple operation that lasts less than an hour, in which the patient undergoes a small removal of fat that is immediately processed in the surgery room with dedicated medical devices and immediately infiltrated into the joint. injured.
Immediately after the therapy, the patient can walk freely without the aid of crutches and, after the necessary rehabilitation measures, also return to sports.
Regenerative Medicine in Piedmont and Liguria
Doctor Piero Anselmi, a specialist in the treatment of pathologies of the shoulder and knee joints, uses Regenerative Medicine treatments in order to delay as much as possible the surgical and prosthetic approach in the treatment of arthrosis. The centers where Dr. Anselmi can be found are in Cuneo, Turin, Savona, Imperia. Here are all the contacts:
CUNEO:
FisioOne
Corso Antonio Gramsci, 1, 12100 Cuneo (CN)
Tel: 0171 630041
CIDIMU SpA
Via Cascina Colombaro, 37, 12100 Cuneo (CN)
Tel: 0171 696796
TORINO:
Fornaca Humanitas Clinic
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 91, 10128 Turin TO
Tel: 011 557 4355
SAVONA:
Igea Srl
Via Pietro Paleocapa, 23/4, 17100 Savona (SV)
Tel: 019 856725
IMPERIA:
Elle Servizi Medical Center
Via Felice Cascione, 150,18100 Porto Maurizio Imperia (IM)
Site: pieroanselmi.it
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