Stem Cell Implant
For you to undertake ‘stem cell implant treatment,’ it becomes necessary to evaluate your condition by physicians who specialize in various diseases. If you are suffering from Parkinson’s, stroke or cerebral hypoxia, your condition will be assessed by a neurologist. For heart related diseases, a cardiologist will do your evaluation. Similarly for diabetes, an endocrinologist will do the needful and for peripheral vascular diseases, a vascular surgeon will be responsible for your evaluation. If you are suffering from retinal diseases, your eye assessment will be carried out by an ophthalmologist and for hepatic cirrhosis the same will be done by a gastroenterologist.
After primary evaluation the candidates might be considered for additional tests which would be required to completely assess the current physical scenario of the patient.
Patients with cerebral disease will have to undergo the following tests:
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) along with relevant perfusion, diffusion and spectroscopy studies
- Laboratory tests will induce clients for whole blood count, glucose, urea, creatinine, coagulation tests VDRL & HIV Tests and urinalysis.
- The patient will have to undergo psychological evaluation and pre-surgical cardiovascular evaluation risk.
- A scale for your disease severity and the quality of life would be instilled.
If patients are suffering from Parkinson’s disease then the implants cannot be done for the following factors:
- If the patient is over 80 years of old.
- If the patient has cardiac, hepatic or renal insufficiency
- If the patient has cancer
- If the patient has any infection, acute or chronic
- Patient having Medullar insufficiency
After complete evaluation and secondary tests, the patient will undergo a final interview where all the questions and doubts would be eliminated and the patient would have a deeper insight of the procedure. The entire process will be filmed and the patient has to sign an informal consent form.
Stem Cell Implant
The procedure is dived into three meticulous procedures
Bone Marrow Extraction
In this process, the patient will be given mild sedation to eliminate the pain factor. The entire progression will carried out in a germ free environment and it would last for approximately 40 minutes. about 400cc of bone marrow would be extracted by a highly professional medical team comprising of hematologists and clinical pathologists.
Stem Cell Purification and Concentrayion
A unique procedure carried out by hematologists and clinical pathologists to cleanse and concentrate the stem cells extracted from the bone marrow. Precisely 120 cc is obtained through this method and the time duration for the procedural event last for 2-3 hours.
Endovascular Stem Cell Implant
The entire focus of this procedure is to place the cells in the affected area more preferred towards originating perforated arteries. The method that is adopted for stem cell implantation would incorporate techniques of vascular catheterism and would be performed through the common femoral artery at the groin. The procedure would be completed in 2- 3 hours.
