Bone marrow aspirate concentrate versus platelet-rich plasma for treating knee osteoarthritis: a one-year non-randomized retrospective comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitating condition affecting human body biomechanics and quality of life. Current standard care for knee OA leads to trivial improvement and entails multiple adverse effects or complications. Recently, investigational cell therapies injected intra-articularly, such as bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP), have shown safety and therapeutic potency providing patients with pain relief. In the current retrospective comparative study, we investigated the differences in pain and functional improvements in patients with symptomatic knee OA receiving intra-articular injections of BMAC vs PRP.

Methods

Pain and functionality scores were measured at baseline and at different time points post-injection over 1

SUBMITTER: El-Kadiry AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature