Stem cell treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries

A spinal cord injury usually begins with a sudden, traumatic blow to the spine that fractures or dislocates vertebrae. The damage begins at the moment of injury when displaced bone fragments, disc material, or ligaments bruise or tear into spinal cord tissue.
Most injuries to the spinal cord don't completely sever it. Instead, an injury is more likely to cause fractures and compression of the vertebrae, which then crush and destroy the axons, extensions of nerve cells that carry signals up and down the spinal cord between the brain and the rest of the body. An injury to the spinal cord can damage a few, many, or almost all of these axons. Some injuries will allow almost complete recovery, others will result in complete paralysis.


The Xcell-Center Spinal Cord Injury treatment



The stem cells are first collected from a patient’s bone marrow, extracted from the hipbone (iliac crest) then implanted back into the body days later. Prior to re-implantation of the cells, the bone marrow is processed in one of our labs, where the quantity and quality of the stem cells is also checked.
These re-injected stem cells have the potential to transform into multiple types of cells and are capable of regenerating damaged tissue. Our innovative stem cell treatments use the self-healing potential of each patient’s own body to stimulate regeneration or repair.
The objective of this autologous stem cell treatment is to repair damaged tissue or to reactivate existing cells, thus recovering, as much as possible, functions lost as a result of the spinal cord injury.


Results



Follow up statistics from 85 spinal cord injury patients completed in March 2009 show that nearly 60% experienced improvements after stem cell therapy.
These improvements were reported by patients with both incomplete and complete injuries in almost equal proportions. There was no apparent correlation between positive outcome and the number of stem cells administered.
Regaining sensation (feeling warm or cold sensations/ touch) was reported by 40% of patients. 25% reported increased muscle strength and improved endurance.
Better bladder and bowel control and/or gaining erections were also reported by more than 10% of the respondents.

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Cost


The price for the intrathecal treatment is 7,545 Euros.
Under a local anesthesia, your stem cells will be injected directly into the cerebrospinal fluid via a lumbar puncture.
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