Injecting your own fat tissue into the joints can help treat bone joint conditions, including injuries and osteoarthritis, according to researchers at Rush University Medical Center. With the help of a new device called Lipogems, used at the time of arthroscopic surgery, researcher can now process and use a patient’s own fat tissue to provide a potential source of stem cells and growth factors to promote healing.
“Fat has long been used for support of tissue repair and replacement,” said Dr. Brian Cole, lead author of the study, in a news release. “Fat has the ability to be a source of important cells which produce important proteins involved with healing and reduction in inflammation.”
Here, fat cells are taken from the abdomen or thigh while the patient is sedated with a local anesthetic. The Lipogem procedure rinses and cleans inflammatory oils and blood from the harvested fat while keeping the natural and beneficial properties of the fat tissue, which is injected into the injured site. The procedure helps the fat tissue to remain where it is injected instead of being immediately reabsorbed by the body, allowing the body to maximize the benefits of the injection for an extended period of time. Researchers say it takes about three weeks for the tissue to promote healing and symptom reduction.
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Thank you. Always good to get a full perspective. I have found steroid injections to work but I’d be happy to use something healthier the next time I have a serious joint problem. And I’m not exactly waiting for a next time–but you never know.
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Glad you liked the post, Henry. I hope it never happens. But it’s always good to keep yourself updated of the latest scientific breakthroughs. Thanks you for stopping by! 🙂
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Thanks. I’ll be sure to visit your blog again.
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🙂
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A friend had this done. It was not a success but he is 80 years old and was made aware his age could be a negative factor.
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Maybe this technology will work on him. Researchers say “lipogems treatment is used when standard treatment options such as physical therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or steroid injections have not provided significant relief.”
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we always hear bad things about fat. it’s a change to see that with today’s technology it can be helpful too. 🙂
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Yeah, there are good fats and then bad fats in our body 😛
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Seriously! There are a lot of people doing great research in the world. The world is amazing!
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Yup! Without them we would still be crawling in the mud. 😛
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I am sorry for the question that is not related at all.
In your site comment section I wrote “What do you think?” But can I imitate it?
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No problem. Go to your [Dashboard] > [Settings] > [Discussion], then scroll down a bit, you’ll see [Greeting Text].
Well, I don’t know if it’ll be same for a blog hosted on “WordPress.com,” but that’s how I set it up for this blog which uses “WordPress.org”
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Go to [Discussion] and there was no “Greeting Text”
I entered “How do you think?” In “Comment Form> Prompt”.
I was stupid. I wrote it in Japanese. I became very happy for the first interaction. Thank you very much! Thank you for your kindness!
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