18
Participants
Start Date
January 1, 2018
Primary Completion Date
December 30, 2018
Study Completion Date
April 12, 2023
Stem cells
Participants will be exposed to e abdominal liposuction procedure under local anesthesia for stem cells harvesting. Stem cells will be separated from fat cells in the adipose tissue then activated in Tissue Culture Lab at Research Center- Jeddah. The activated stem cells will be injected into the knee joint via 22G spinal needle. The intra-articular stem cells injections will be performed under Ultrasound guidance at the theater under spinal anesthesia. Each patient will receive 1.0× 108 stem cells in 3 mL of normal saline.
King Faisal Sepcialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
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