Orthopaedic Stem Cell Therapy

What is Stem Cell How are Stem Cells What are the risks? Therapy? cultivated? As with all medical Stem cell therapy is a Stem cells can now be treatments, there are always treatment that uses stem acquired through a simple risks involved. Please cells, or cells that come from procedure thanks to the contact your physician for stem cells, to replace or to advent of improved more details on the risks and repair a patient’s cells or equipment and techniques. complications that can result tissues that are damaged. Stems cells are gathered by from this procedure. The stem cells might be put aspirating from into the blood, or the back of a patient's pelvis What are the benefits? transplanted into the with a tiny needle. Some benefits of Stem Cell damaged tissue directly, or Therapy include: even recruited from the How are the cells  Renews, repairs, and patient’s own tissues for self- administered? promotes healing repair. It is a form of Stem cells can be  Promotes new tissue Regenerative Medicine. administered in many growth Regenerative medicine is a different ways. The most  Promotes quicker relatively new medical common for Orthopaedics is restoration of science that focuses on the through an injection function body’s own regenerative accompanied with an  Involves little to no cells’ ability to speed healing arthroscopy. pain or discomfort within muscle, tendon,  No risk of allergic or ligament, bone and . When is it used? adverse reaction What are Stem Cells? This procedure is being  No painful or lengthy offered for a variety of rehab periods Stem Cells are Orthopaedic problems, undifferentiated cells found excluding any spinal or neck What is the cost? in bone marrow that have the related issues. capacity to become bone, Being an innovative and muscle, cartilage, ligament Where does the non-invasive procedure, and tendon cells. They can procedure take place? insurance companies, ‘self-renew,’ that is they can including Medicare, DO divide and give rise to more These procedures are usually NOT cover Stem Cell stem cells of the same kind. done as outpatient, meaning Therapy. Upon arrival to the injured there is no need for an This procedure is a CASH tissue, regenerative cells take overnight hospital stay. Most ONLY procedure. on the characteristics of that patients should expect to Our doctor’s fee here at host tissue. walk out of the clinic and Coastal Orthopaedics and This naturally occurring resume low-impact activities Sports Medicine is $5,000. process is the body’s way of shortly after the procedure. initiating the healing process.

If you are interested in this innovative therapy, please contact our office to schedule an appointment at (727) 848-1417