Percutaneous injection of autologous bone marrow concentrate cells significantly reduces lumbar discogenic pain through 12 months

Stem Cells

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 146-156

  Pettine, Kenneth A ^a   Murphy, Matthew B ^a,b   Suzuki, Richard K ^a   Sand, Theodore T ^a  

^a Rocky Mountain Assoc in Orthopedic Medicine Orthopedic Stem Cell Institute ^*  (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous cell therapy; Bone marrow concentrate; Intervertebral disc injection; Mesenchymal stem cells

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; THY 1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCOGENIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; INJECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW CELLS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919461157     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.1845     Document Type: Article

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