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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2024

Effectiveness and Complications of Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis of Kellgren-Lawrence Grades II-III.

Ji-Hoon Baek, Su Chan Lee, Dong Nyoung Lee, Hye Sun Ahn, Chang Hyun Nam

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Adipose-derived and bone marrow aspirate concentrate injections for osteoarthritis: A scoping review.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026
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  4. Bedside manufacturing of engineered stem cells using gene therapy foam.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  5. Comparative outcome analyses of subchondralWorld journal of experimental medicine · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Ji-Hoon BaekJoint & Arthritis Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Himchan Hospital, Seoul 07999, Republic of Korea.
Su Chan LeeJoint & Arthritis Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Himchan Hospital, Seoul 07999, Republic of Korea.
Dong Nyoung LeeJoint & Arthritis Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Himchan Hospital, Seoul 07999, Republic of Korea.
Hye Sun AhnJoint & Arthritis Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Himchan Hospital, Seoul 07999, Republic of Korea.
Chang Hyun NamJoint & Arthritis Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Himchan Hospital, Seoul 07999, Republic of Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the effectiveness and potential complications on the harvest site and knee of bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) treatment of patients with Kellgren-Lawrence (K-L) grades II-III knee osteoarthritis (OA) over a minimum follow-up period of 6 months. This study retrospectively evaluated data from 231 patients (285 knees) with knee OA treated with BMAC articular injection at a single center from August 2023 to October 2023. The inclusion criteria were a longstanding knee pain unresponsive to conservative treatments for at least 6 weeks with K-L grades II-III OA. The exclusion criteria were age of <40 years or >80 years, previous knee surgery, rheumatological or other systemic disease, malignancy, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, or infections. Bone marrow was aspirated from the anterior iliac crest and concentrated by the single-spin centrifugation technique. The visual analog scale (VAS) pain score and Knee Society Score were used to evaluate the clinical outcomes and complications associated with harvest and injection sites were evaluated. The mean follow-up period was 7.2 months (range: 6-8 months). The pretreatment VAS pain score decreased from 4.3 to 0.4 points at the final follow-up (

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Osteoarthritis, KneeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBone Marrow TransplantationFemaleHumansInjections, Intra-ArticularMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomebone marrow aspirate concentratecomplicationseffectiveness

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PMID38929594
PMCPMC11206007

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