UP hospital claims lab-grown cell therapy used for urethral stricture treatment

Luck ow,
Aug
10
(PTI):
A
30-yea -old
ma
has
bee
t eated
fo
u eth al
st ictu e
usi g
lab-g ow
cells
i
what
a
Luck ow
hospital
has
claimed
is
the
“fi st
such
p ocedu e”
i
Utta
P adesh.

The
patie t,
a
Luck ow
eside t,
had
a
th ee-ce timet e-lo g
bulba
u eth al
st ictu e,
a
a owi g
of
the
u i a y
passage.

Docto s
o
Mo day
claimed
the
cell-based
tech ique
could
offe
a
mi imally
i vasive
alte ative
to
co ve tio al
p ocedu es
fo
selected
patie ts.

T aditio ally,
such
patie ts
may
u de go
buccal
mucosa
g aft
u eth oplasty,
i
which
tissue
is
take
f om
i side
the
cheek,
o
e doscopic
u eth otomy,
which
ca ies
a
isk
of
ecu e ce
a d
may
equi e
lo g-te m
self-cathete isatio
i
some
cases,
they
said.

I
the
ew
p ocedu e,
docto s
said
they
emoved
a
ti y
tissue
sample
measu i g
10
mm
by
5
mm
f om
the
patie t’s
cheek
a d
se t
it
to
a
specialised
labo ato y
i
Pu e.

Ove
two
weeks,
the
sample
was
expa ded
i to
ea ly
50
lakh
livi g
cells.
Si ce
the
cells
emai
viable
fo
o ly
about
72
hou s,
they
we e
t a spo ted
to
Luck ow
u de
a
mai tai ed
cold
chai ,
the
hospital
added.

The
cells
we e
the
mixed
with
liquid
th ombi
a d
delive ed
e doscopically
to
the
t eated
a ea
afte
a
i cisio
was
made
ove
the
st ictu e,
allowi g
the
cells
to
attach
to
the
wou d
a d
p omote
tissue
heali g
while
pote tially
educi g
ecu e t
sca
fo matio .

D
Maya k
Moha
Ag awal,
Di ecto
a d
Head
of
U ology
a d
Kid ey
T a spla t,
Apollomedics
Hospital,
Luck ow,
said,
“The
e ti e
su gical
p ocess
was
completed
i
just
15-20
mi utes.
We
do
ot
make
a y
big
cut
i
the
mouth,
o
is
the e
a y
cut
made
o
the
lowe
pa t
of
the
body
below
the
sc otum,
u like
what
we
do
i
BMGU.”
“With
this
ew
tech ique,
the
tube
will
be
emoved
afte
just
o e
week,”
he
said.

D
Ved
Bhaska ,
Associate
Di ecto ,
U ology,
said
the
p ocedu e’s
claimed
success
ate
was
70-80
pe
ce t,
compa able
to
ope
su ge y.

He
said
it
could
pa ticula ly
be efit
elde ly
patie ts
a d
those
with
multiple
health
co ditio s
by
avoidi g
la ge
i cisio s
a d
educi g
ecove y
time.

The
patie t
was
discha ged
the
followi g
day,
acco di g
to
the
hospital.
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