Abstract

Intradiscal disc injection using bone marrow concentrate and micro fragmented fat. A Comparative Study

Author(s): Mohammed Al-Jumaliya

Disc degeneration is a common cause of low back pain. This degeneration is multifactorial in origin. Genetic causes seem to play an important role in the development of this pathology. However, environmental factors, such as smoking, also play an important role in this condition. Generally, disc degeneration is associated with reduction of the proteoglycans resulting in disc dehydration, disc height reduction and associated ligamentum flavum thickening, facet hypertrophy and spinal stenosis. In the past, patients with these conditions not responding to conservative management would need disc fusion or replacement with the possibility of adjacent dic disease. The introduction of regenerative medical techniques over the last few years have permitted avoiding some of these patients aggressive surgical interventions and halting or reversing their degenerative process. We present here a prospective study of 16 patients who presented with low back pain who were treated by injections of medicinal secretory cells derived from the bone marrow or from the fat. We present the improvement of their visual analogue score their quality of life after the procedure.