Regenerative medicine has become more common in the veterinary market. So has pet owners’ misunderstanding. David Dycus, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA, offers clarification and speaks to the differences of rich plasma and stem cell therapies.
Probably a lot of the public’s misconception is that we’re simply trying to regenerate new tissues, which, while there may be some regeneration, what we’re ultimately doing is taking a very high concentration of growth factors and anti-inflammatories to an area of relatively poor healing.
Source: Veterinary Medicine, March 6, 2018. Link.
Dycus points out that regenerative medicine works best to treat chronic soft tissue injuries when combined with surgical or rehabilitative therapy or medical management.