Stem Cell FAQs – Minnesota Regenerative Medicine

What is the benefit of stem cell treatment?

Stem cell injections provide a non-surgical treatment option to reduce pain and promote natural healing and regeneration, while still providing long-lasting relief from arthritic joint pain, chronic tendinitis, or damaged musculoskeletal tissue.

Who is a suitable candidate for stem cell treatment?

In general, stem cell injections are most appropriate for patients suffering from mild to moderate osteoarthritis affecting the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, foot, hand, or digits. Stem cell injects are also appropriate for patients with chronic tendinitis, partially torn tendons, and damaged musculoskeletal tissues such as a rotator cuff, labrum, meniscus, ligament, and skeletal muscle.

Who is not a suitable candidate for stem cell treatment?

Conditions excluding a patient from being a suitable candidate for a stem cell treatment include: (1) a patient with lymphoma, leukemia, or active cancer not in remission for at least five years; (2) a patient with any current or active infection; (3) a patient needing to take blood thinners such as Coumadin; (4) a patient with a contraindication to having liposuction or autologous stem cell treatment or PRP therapy; (5) a patient with multiple or complex medical issues.

Which joints, tendons and musculoskeletal tissues can be treated with stem cells?

The most common joints treated with stem cells include the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, hand, finger and toe. The most common tendons treated with stem cells involve those with chronic tendinitis or partial tears such as the shoulder rotator cuff, distal biceps tendon, medial or lateral elbow tendons, and Achilles tendon.

What are the risks of a stem cell treatment?

An orthopedic stem cell treatment to treat painful osteoarthritis or chronic tendinitis or degenerative musculoskeletal tissue uses your own stem cells. Since the cells come from your own fat, there is no chance of your body rejecting them as these cells promote or regenerate your bodys natural ability to heal. There is a small risk of infection during a stem cell treatment. You can expect some soreness at both the liposuction site and the stem cell injection site for a few days following the procedure.

What is the price of a stem cell treatment?

The final price of a stem cell treatment is determined by what type of stem cell injection is being done, the number of injections, and whether or not platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used along with the stem cells.While the price can vary, the price for a stem cell injection with PRP into a single joint or tendonis $5900.The price for a stem cell injection with PRP into two or more areas may be more.

Orthopedic stem cell treatments with PRP using fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance during injection are typically not a covered benefit of Medicare or private insurance.

Where is the stem cell therapy offered?

Our regenerative medicine specialists at Minnesota Regenerative Medicine provide stem cell treatments at our Hogue Clinics corporate headquarters only in Maple Grove, Minnesota. The entire stem cell treatment process takes five hours or less to perform.

What should I do if I think Im a suitable candidate?

If you live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twin Cities) or surrounding areas, we recommend that you schedule an appointment for a consultation to determine if you are a suitable candidate for a stem cell with PRP treatment. To expedite this process, we recommend that you bring in your most recentradiology reportsfor any imaging studies performed, as well as any other pertinent medical records.

Where do the stem cells come from?

The stem cells used for a patients stem cell injection come from the patients own adipose tissue (fat).

What is the success rate of a stem cell treatment?

Since we began performing stem cell treatments in 2011, our experience is that most patients will experience some degree of pain relief and improvement starting within a few weeks to months following a stem cell with PRP treatment.

Sometimes, we recommend platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections be performed monthly following the initial stem cell treatment to continue to nourish and stimulate the injected stem cells. Additional PRP treatments will incur a separate charge with each PRP treatment. Clinical improvement and pain relief continues for six months or longer, often up to a year or more, following a stem cell treatment. Of the dozens of patients we have treated so far with stem cell treatments, the majority of patients have self reported some degree of pain relief and improvement in musculoskeletal function. Very few patients have reported little to no improvement.

Does a stem cell treatment consist of one or multiple injections?

Typically we do from one to several stem cell injections per joint or tendon or targeted area. This may vary depending on the severity and complexity of the osteoarthritis or chronic tendinitis or degenerative musculoskeletal condition being treated.

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