2014年7月30日星期三

Patient Story- Stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury

Mr. Li, 31 years old, happened to injury his neck via a car crash, was diagnosed to “cervical spinal cord injury with high paraplegia”. He complained the movement dysfunction of his 4 limbs and sensation disorder accompanying with incontinence for over 2 months, then received 1st stem cell transplantation in our hospital on 3rd, December, 2010. His responses to the transplantation are good. He received 2nd round stem cell treatment on 21st, October, 2011.
The MRI of his cervical spinal cord in 2nd affiliated hospital of Harbin medicine university on 11th, September, 2010 indicated: cervical 5-6 vertebral fracture, dislocation, the spinal cord injury from C2-T1 whilst the swollen status of the spinal cord is reaching to bulbus medullae level.


Before the 1st stem cell treatment:
1)      His voice is weak and low, the lung power is lack, his respiratory ability is hard, the power of his cough and sneeze is weak, he could not feel hungry or full;
2)      The muscle strength of his upper limbs is weak, he could not stretch, bend or even lift up his upper limbs;
3)      The muscle strength of his waist is weak, he could not sit by himself;
4)      Incontinence, the volume of his urination/time is about 50ml;
6)      He suffered from the postural hypotension, he felt dizziness and other symptoms when he was standing.

After the 1st stem cell treatment:
1)      He can speak loudly, his respiratory ability is enhanced obviously, the power of his cough and sneeze is improved obviously, he can feel hungry and full;
2)      The muscle strength of his upper limbs is improved obviously, he can stretch, bend or even lift up his upper limbs;
3)      The muscle strength of his waist is improved obviously, he can sit by himself;
4)      He can control his urination and bowl movement, the volume of his urination is increased obviously;
5)      He can feel the changes of the environment temperature, he can sweat all over his body;
6)      His postural hypotension is improved obviously, when he was standing, the abnormal feeling of the dizziness and other symptoms is improved obviously.

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