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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2023

Efficacy and Long-Term Outcomes of Intra-Articular Autologous Micro-Fragmented Adipose Tissue in Individuals with Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis: A 36-Month Follow-Up Study.

Simone Natali, Daniele Screpis, Edoardo Patania, Luca De Berardinis, Andrea Benoni, Gianluca Piovan, Venanzio Iacono, Bruno Magnan, Antonio Pompilio Gigante, Claudio Zorzi

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Simone NataliDepartment of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, 37024 Negrar, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5123-8989
Daniele ScrepisDepartment of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, 37024 Negrar, Italy.
Edoardo PataniaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Verona, Piazzale A. Stefani 1, 37136 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-2986-0542
Luca De BerardinisClinical Orthopaedics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60020 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9476-4508
Andrea BenoniDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Verona, Piazzale A. Stefani 1, 37136 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-9516-5033
Gianluca PiovanDepartment of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, 37024 Negrar, Italy.
Venanzio IaconoDepartment of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, 37024 Negrar, Italy.
Bruno MagnanDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University of Verona, Piazzale A. Stefani 1, 37136 Verona, Italy.
Antonio Pompilio GiganteClinical Orthopaedics, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60020 Ancona, Italy.
Claudio ZorziDepartment of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, 37024 Negrar, Italy.
Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · ITUniversity of Verona · ITMarche Polytechnic University · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlenohumeral osteoarthritis (GOA) is associated with disabling shoulder pain that affects everyday life. Its management comprises various treatment approaches, both conservative and surgical. Regenerative medicine has gained a major role in the conservative treatment of osteoarthritis. Intra-articular injection of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs) is a widely used regenerative medicine approach. The aim of this retrospective study was to report the safety and clinical outcomes of intra-articular injection of ADMSCs in patients with GOA over 36-months.

methodsThis retrospective observational study involved patients with chronic shoulder pain resistant to standard conservative treatment and a diagnosis of concentric GOA, who received an intra-articular injection of autologous micro-fragmented adipose tissue (μFAT). The values of the Constant-Murley score (CMS), the visual analog scale (VAS), and the simple shoulder test (SST), collected at baseline and at 12, 24, and 36 months, were analyzed to assess treatment efficacy. The single assessment numeric evaluation (SANE) was used to rate patient satisfaction. The Friedman test was used to compare observations of CMS, VAS, and SST values repeated on the same subjects. The significance threshold was set at 0.05.

resultsThe participants were 65 patients with a mean age of 54.19 years and a nearly equal gender distribution. Most had mild concentric GOA classified as Samilson-Prieto grade 1. The mean follow-up duration was 44.25 months. The postoperative clinical scores showed significant improvement. At 36 months, the CMS was 84.60, the VAS score was 3.34, and the SST score was 10.15 (all

conclusionADMSC treatment exerted favorable effects on the clinical outcomes of patients with GOA, providing pain relief and improving shoulder function. Our data support its use as a conservative treatment option for osteoarthritis.

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adipose-derived stem cellsbiologic treatmentlipoaspiratemesenchymal stem cellsorthobiologicsosteoarthritisregenerative medicineretrospective studyshoulder

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PMCPMC10532945
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