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BBC Interview with Professor James Richardson on Stem cell therapy for arthritis

Watch the BBC video of Professor James Richardson from Oswestry Hospital talking about 'Stem cell therapy for arthritis'. The news article gives details about the work carried out by the OsCell team at the Oswestry Hospital and about the stem cell trials available.
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The Seventh UK Cartilage Symposium was held in Oswestry

The Seventh UK Cartilage Symposium was held in Oswestry on 19-20th November 2009 and included many members of the ICRS, both research scientists and clinicians. Potentials for ‘Universal’ cell lines and progenitor/stem cells were the focus of the meeting. Several speakers defined potential benefits of a Universal Donor cell.
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Special 'off loader' for early knee arthritis

In November 2009 Professor James Richardson from Oswestry's Robert Jones and Angus Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has learned of a special 'off-loader' for early knee arthritis. Professor Richardson had been working on a similar idea to reduce loading across the knee (but different design) 2 years ago with Dr Jan Herman Kuiper.
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Meeting between Oswestry and Liverpool Bone and Tissue Bank

In August 2009 the first meeting between Professor James Richardson and the team at Liverpool who run tissue transplantation services took place. The meeting was able to agree that there is now an ability to transplant knee or hip joints. Paul Rooney is head of research and development and his team have developed methods of preserving the chondrocytes in cartilage following preservation.
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First patellar transplant at Oswestry.

First patellar transplant at Oswestry. Last Saturday the first transplant of a patella was performed. The patient who had lost their patella 30 years before following a motorcycle accident. Despite having a good result from ACI to an area of cartilage loss in this knee, the patient could not regain good quadriceps muscle strength.
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Doctor Advice on Post-operation

  • Chondrocyte - Advice One

    • Many of these chondral defects heal on their own but if they persist and become symptomatic then generally surgical treatment is indicated. A simple debridement or microfracture through keyhole surgery is successful in most cases. If you have had this or similar previous surgery then you may want to consider Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) Read More»


  • Chondrocyte - Advice Two - hover over to view -

    • Although loss of cartilage is part of arthritis it usually takes 10 or 20 years before arthritis becomes a major problem. Once arthritis is severe and disabling then joint replacement is very good at relieving pain. Read More»

  • Chondrocyte - Advice Three - hover over to view -

    • Give up smoking and keep your weight down!

      These are difficult to do especially in combination. You will however benefit from better cartilage healing and a lower rate of wear of your remaining cartilage. Use an exercise bike for half an hour twice a day with minimal resistance. This helps the cartilage that lines your joint. Read More»

Patients' Testimonials

  • Testimonial - Joy Picot

    • January 2005 I slipped in some mud, the overextension of my right knee caused the femur to fracture.
      I cannot thank Professor Richardson and his team enough, my outlook would have been one of using walking aids (crutch or stick) probably for the rest of my life with regular surgery to replace the nail and screws. Read More»


  • Testimonial - Mr Smith - hover over to view -

    • I am really pleased with the cartilage stem cells to my knee. I had failed to make progress with three different keyhole surgeries and had to give up rugby.
      Now 12 years after my aci I am active and almost free of knee pain. I referee full matches. It did take about 3 years to fully regain strength but that was well worth while

  • Testimonial - Joanne - hover over to view -

    • Just one year from my left knee aci combined with treatment of the tracking of my kneecap (patella realignment) and a great result.
      I had a lot of pain at the front of my knee and now it is almost gone. - had two keyhole surgeries before this and they really made no difference in fact the second one seemed to make it worse so I am really pleased to be getting better. I also use the weight charting (weight.specialist-opinionm.org.uk) which helps and now generally fitter than I used to be.


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