Jammu, June 19 -- In a first of its kind, the department of orthopaedics GMC Jammu has instituted stem cell therapy for a patient with knee osteoarthritis.
The stem cell therapy is a newer therapy to prevent progression of osteoarthritis in mild to moderate disease and can prevent or delay the need of total knee replacement in the patients of osteoarthritis. It is a day care procedure and patient can be sent on the same day.
By making the stem cell therapy treatment available for OA knee patients , the department of orthopedics of GMC Jammu has joined the select club of the medical centres in India where the stem cells has been used for OA knee.
This procedure was conducted by Dr Bias Dev , Associate professor Orthopaedics with assistanc...