The shoulder joint is one of the common joints that patients complain about, whether young athletes or elderly patients. The patient's complaint may vary depending on whether he suffers from pain or limited movement in the shoulder joint, but the most common of these injuries is a tear in the tendons of the rotator cuff of the shoulder, or what is known as Rotator Cuff Tear. This is followed by tendonitis and bursitis of the shoulder joint, roughness and inflammation of the acromioclavicular joint, inflammation of the tendon of the biceps brachii muscle and other conditions. The common question we receive is, is it treated with surgery? Or by injecting fat cells rich in stem cells into the shoulder, is it possible and without surgery? There are some cases that require surgery, such as when there is a severe tear in the tendons of the rotator cuff or when the patient suffers from what is known as "frozen shoulder". These arthroscopic surgeries have been practiced for decades. With the development of research and science in the field of joint surgery, many studies have revealed that these operations have failed by a third for patients over the age of sixty, and another study showed that the results of these surgeries were compared with physical therapy only, and it turned out that the results were very similar, and another showed that the limitation of movement that the patient suffered from before the operation still did not improve significantly after the surgery, and the long recovery period for the shoulder joint usually leads to weakening of the tissues surrounding the joint. Therefore, scientists continued research and development to provide better results for patients, including the development of regenerative therapy technology by injecting fat cells rich in stem cells into the shoulder.
What is regenerative therapy by injecting fat cells rich in stem cells into the shoulder
Injecting fat cells rich in stem cells into the shoulder aims to stimulate the body's own healing and repair of damaged parts of the joint, by extracting fat cells rich in living stem cells originally present in the body, whose functions include renewing and repairing the damage, and then concentrating them in the damaged area of the joint, whether inside the joint capsule or torn and inflamed tendons. These stem cell-rich fat cells can be extracted from many sources, including adipose tissue and bone marrow.
There are some cases of shoulder joint roughness or shoulder tendon tears or inflammation that do not require surgery, and usually the patient is given medications and painkillers to tolerate and live with the condition as much as possible until the condition worsens to a stage that requires surgery. These cases can be treated by injecting stem cell-rich fat cells into the shoulder, which will heal the condition in its early stages and before it worsens.
There are also some cases that actually require surgery via an endoscope, but after the studies mentioned above showed the results of arthroscopic surgeries, many studies have turned to applying the regenerative therapy technique after surgery. Injecting stem cell-rich fat cells into the shoulder after arthroscopy greatly increases the success rate of the surgery and increases the rate of improvement of patients. A study conducted on two groups of patients showed that only 67% recovered within 6 months after shoulder arthroscopy, while 100% of patients recovered within 6 months after arthroscopy followed by injection of stem cell-rich fat cells into the shoulder. Another study by Dr. Nizar Al-Salahat showed the results of arthroscopy followed by injection of stem cell-rich fat cells into the knee joint, which showed significant improvement compared to other studies that followed the arthroscopy approach only.
Conclusion
If you suffer from shoulder joint problems, do not follow the traditional approach with traditional treatment methods through painkillers and medications, the goal of which is to wait until the condition worsens to reach the stage of surgery. You can follow regenerative therapy by injecting stem cell-rich fat cells into the shoulder, which will greatly restore and rebuild damaged tissues in the joint.
However, if you suffer from a relatively advanced stage, the surgical solution may help you, and injecting stem cell-rich fat cells after surgery will give you much better results than surgery alone.
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