Editorial Commentary: Doc, Can You Inject Stem Cells in My Knee?
Wetzler MJ.
Laboratory Study on Cartilage Damage, Chronic Wound, published in Arthroscopy (2016) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.
- Level A · Stronger Clinical Evidence
- Level B · Emerging clinical evidence with positive signals
- Level C · Early human research exploring benefits
- Level D · Scientific groundwork from lab and animal studies
- Emerging · Emerging topic under active research
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- Study type
- Laboratory Study
- Journal
- Arthroscopy (2016)
- Country
- United States
- Reported sample size
- —
- Source database
- PubMed
- PMID
- 26743414
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.arthro.2015.11.013
Abstract (original English)
Stem cell therapy is one of the most promising treatments to restore and repair damaged articulate cartilage. Koh et al. present in this issue their study on the treatment of articulate cartilage defects with adipose derived stem cell. We believe that it is a matter of time to when stem cells will become cost effective and commercially available for the treatment of articulate cartilage injuries.
What this study does not prove
- • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
- • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.
Evidence level
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