Spinal Cord Injury successfully treated by Stem Cell Therapy in India
A hospital in Coimbatore, India successfully cured a heart patient through stem cell therapy. Now that very hospital has treated a 38-year old woman for spinal cord injuries using the same method.
The woman in question had undergone spinal cord injuries after she met with a road accident. This resulted in paralysis below the neck and she could not move her limbs at all.
The woman was diagnosed to have ‘cervical cord injuries’ with a fracture of the neck bone after performing MRI, CT and X-ray on her.
Dr. G Bhaktavasalam, Chairman, K G Hospital said that the bone marrow stem cells were processed from the patient and were then separated at Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medcine, Chennai and were then flown back to the hospital.
The surgery was performed just a day ago, and the woman is already recovering in the ICU.
The cervical cord was already exposed and the bone marrow stem cells were injected into the spinal cord and the neck bones were stabilized using metal plate screws.
The cells taken from the patient had shown that there was no immunological rejection, said Dr. G Bhaktavasalam.
He also said that had stem cell transplantation treatment been available in 1995 when Hollywood actor Christopher “Superman” Reeves had a similar type of ailment, he could have been saved.
January 20th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Dear Sir
My son Hisham sustained spinal cord injury after he was exposed to shell injury during military activities in Iraq , his website is written above ; is there any place for him to be treated by stem cells at your center , please let me know.
January 28th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I would like to have information that will help me contact Dr. G. Bhaktavasalam, Chairman of K G Hospital and the team of surgeons who are doing the stem cell therapy on spinal cord injuries.
I am a 73 year old male who has lost control of my feet and balance due to spinal stynosis. While not as severe as many other spinal injuries, I have survived a 1976 broken back only to be crippled by the spinal stynosis in the mid ‘90s. I have undergone two operations to relieve the stynosis, however, the nerve damage had already been done and remains.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Dear Sir,
I would like to know more about the stem cells treatment in India.
As my mother has met with an accident this Jan’08 only and she broke her C7,Currently she is paralyised below her shoulders.
Can you pls help me out with the address and contact information for this treatment.
Regrds,
Neha