Vietnam leading the treatment of knee OA with stem cells derived from fat tissue

VIETNAM TESTING KNEE STEM CELL TREATMENT (Orthopedics This Week)
According to Vietweek, Vietnam is one of the few countries in the world doing clinical trials to treat knee osteoarthritis (OA) using stem cells taken from a patient’s fat tissue. Two of the hospitals conducting the trials say the procedure has proved effective so far.
Bui Hong Thien Khanh, M.D., head of orthopedics at the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Medicine and Pharmacy University Hospital, said that, as of last January, his hospital had performed the trials on 21 patients with OA of the knees.
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