Private Medicana Konya Hospital Department of Orthopedics
and Traumatology Doctors Dr. Harun Kütahya and Asst. Prof. Dr. Hamza Hakan Türk
said that stem cell applications have started to take their place among the
routines in the treatment of joint and muscle tissue damages in their fields.
Many treatment methods are applied in musculoskeletal system
diseases, which are common in all age groups. Many of these treatment methods
are applied only to eliminate the complaints of patients for a certain period
of time.
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Dr. Lecturer
Harun Kütahya and Asst. Prof. Dr. Hamza Hakan Türk stated that stem cell applications
have started to be widely used in the treatment of joint and muscle tissue
damages due to their easy and quick application and that stem cells show their
effect with various healing factors.
Many treatment methods are applied in musculoskeletal system
diseases, which are common in all age groups. Many of these treatment methods
are applied only to eliminate the complaints of patients for a certain period
of time. In some tissues, irreversible damage and in others healable damage
occurs. In order to heal damaged tissues, stem cell therapies have become
widely used in recent years. Private Medicana Konya Hospital Department of
Orthopedics and Traumatology Doctors Dr. Harun Kütahya and Asst. Prof. Dr.
Hamza Hakan Türk said that stem cell applications have started to take their
place among the routines in the treatment of joint and muscle tissue damages in
their fields.
Emphasizing that adult stem cells are mostly applied in
Orthopedics and Traumatology applications, Dr. Hamza Hakan Türk and Dr. Harun
Kütahya said, "Stem cells are divided into two main groups as embryonic
and adult and stem cells; It is obtained from adipose tissue, bone marrow,
placenta, amniotic fluid and umbilical cord. Mesenchymal stem cells are usually
obtained from bone marrow and adipose tissue. Although bone marrow is often
used as a source of stem cells, the use of adipose tissue-derived stem cells
has come to the agenda due to its disadvantages such as being expensive and
painful aspiration. Adipose tissue-derived stem cell applications are widely
used in clinical practice due to their easy and quick application. The effect
of the stem cell can be explained by the transformation into tissues in its
environment and the various healing factors it secretes into the environment in
which it is located."
Türk and Kütahya said, "The use of fat-derived stem
cells is also promising in terms of the treatment of tendon and ligament
diseases. There are studies reporting that the use of adipose tissue-derived
stem cells is effective in the treatment of Achillestendinopathies. We are
already frequently performing the aforementioned application areas and
treatments. Thanks to the high level of evidence and long-follow-up studies to
be carried out all over the world, we think that the clinical applications of
adipose tissue-derived stem cell therapy may become more widespread and guiding
in the future."