Researchers report injections of body fat into aching, arthritic finger joints appear to produce significant and lasting improvements in hand function and a decrease in pain.
typically is used to flatten your stomach or shape up your booty, but a new study argues that it could also help people suffering from arthritis of the fingers.
Meyer-Marcotty and his colleagues were the first to attempt this nonsurgical procedure, which they started offering in 2014, he said.to draw fat from the patient's thighs or buttocks, and then spin it in a centrifuge to separate the pure fat from water, oil and blood that's also in the sample. Participants reported a large reduction in pain, and researchers also noted an improvement in their ability to close their fist and to grip objects by pinching fingers together.
"At this point I've done repeated injections, but mostly it's a one-time treatment," Meyer-Marcotty said.helps some patients, but Meyer-Marcotty has a few theories. "We have actually started doing a study ourselves, not for arthritis but for tennis elbow," he said."That concept of fat-derived stem cells is something that's been looked at and been used."Whether lipofilling is worth trying depends on the usual treatment option you'd otherwise choose, he added.
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