StemCell Therapy

The procedure is carried out in one day as an outpatient, and patients generally do not need an overnight stay with us.

We need some blood tests for anesthetic safety. Once we are happy with these, we administer a short general anesthetic. Typically this lasts 30 to 90 minutes.

We need to take x-rays of the affected areas and also a chest x-ray. Where recent x-rays are available from your own vet, we will not need to repeat these.

We then harvest approximately 40 grams of fat from a site behind the shoulder or just inside the tummy. At this time we may inject Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) into the affected joints. This reduces inflammation and pain in the joint and prepares it to receive stem cells, should they be required. Your pet is then woken from the anesthetic. There may be a few stitches that need to come out in 10 days.

The fat is processed in our lab to isolate, concentrate and activate stem cells and this takes 10-14 days. Once we have the healthy stem cells, we organise a second appointment for a sedative to allow us to inject the cells directly into the affected joints.

Well then book you follow up consultations at 30, 60 and 90 days.

We ask you to send us follow up videos and updates on a weekly basis so we can keep a close eye on progress.Where repeat visits are difficult because of travel distances, we can arrange telephone consultations.

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