[OT] Now here's a thing...

Apr 26, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 7 Replies

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Paul Cummins 6 years ago

It's been claimed by some that there has been a "stem cell" treatment to deal with knee injuries, and at least one person has claimed to have received such a treatment, on his Private healthcare scheme, some years ago.

For various reasons I have been looking into such treatments, and it turns out that in late 2017, this treatment was only available, and even then only experimentally, on the NHS.

So if that is the case, how would someone on Private healthcare have been able to have an Experimental NHS procedure funded by his insurer? That's not how Private healthcare works.

Indeed, in 2017, only two hospitals in the UK offered this treatment.

It's curious what people claim, isn't it.

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Information here may be outdated?

Roger Hayter 6 years ago

It is routine and normal for private operations to be carried out in NHS premises and/or involving NHS staff and departments. The entity funding the private treatment is billed according to published or pre-notifed charges. The same as when the NHS treats non-residents and bills them, in this case for the surgeon's time as well.

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Brian Gaff (Sofa) 6 years ago

I don't know but its been done on dogs for some time by Dr Fitzpatrick as I'm sure you are aware. The issue is that it can take a long while to have a good effect wheras a quick and clean hinge type replacement is done most of the time, since by the time steroids and other get you by measures have been used for a while there is no blood supply for stem cells. you need to treat early. Brian

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Stephen Cole 6 years ago

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Brian Reay 6 years ago

It has been around for some years.

A quick Google produced a report in the press of someone who'd had it done in the same place as me in 2011. The report listed several UK hospitals offering the the op. The report was dated 2013. Even the approx prices were given.

As usual the wannabe is just lying.

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Spike 6 years ago

That's what the OP claimed.

Googling "At which hospital did Brian Reay have his knee procedure" produced no hits.

MRDA

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tim... 6 years ago

The lady downstairs from me would not agree with any suggestion of "Quick and clean"

she is still so painful she's regretting having had it done (many months ago)

tim

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Brian Reay 6 years ago

I'm sure there are people who have bad experiences. My op was on a Friday morning. I was home that evening. Saturday and Sunday were uncomfortable but by Monday the swelling had started to reduce and it was OK. I was on crutches for some weeks (I think 6 ) but after that it could walk as far as was comfortable. My op was in Feb or so, by the Summer (Aug) I could walk all day (4 or 5 hours plus) without a problem.

In my case it was just one knee.

It really is quite a remarkable process.

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