Knee Stem Cells versus Total Knee Replacement

Tampa, Saint Petersburg and Clearwater, FL

A lot patients inquire about alternatives to knee joint replacement. Some wish to just not have the surgery. Others have medical reasons that cannot undergo knee replacement. Some are too young and cannot afford to have their knee fused as they age. Others are athletes who wish to keep up their sport for as long as they can.

Whatever the case, more patients are opting for Regenerative type therapies such as Stem Cell Therapy and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) a alternatives to knee joint replacement. Platelet Rich Plasma and Stem Cell Therapy provide a healing and reparative mechanism without the trauma of surgery, and most importantly none of the potential adverse side effects of surgery. Including infection, blood clots and even death.

Stem Cell Therapies are being used in a vast array of medical disciplines despite just orthopedics. Sports medicine and athletes will always have a keen interest in any cutting edge procedure to extend their playing career, yet if stem cell treatments and PRP are used early the potential to forestall arthritis and avoid knee joint replacement is a great possibility.