FDA clinical trial injects your own belly fat into knee joint in lieu of knee replacement surgery for pain relief
KABC
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
At Orthohealing Center in Los Angeles, fat cells from a patients own belly are injected into a torn or osteoarthritic knee to avoid major knee surgery.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dr. Steven Sampson, founder of Orthohealing Center in Los Angeles, has been using bone marrow injectables for 13 years to help clients get out of pain.
He is currently participating in a new FDA clinical trial to review the use of purified fat stem cells in an injured knee to avoid or prolong the need for knee surgery. Watch the story above for more.