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CASE REPORT
Micro-fragmented adipose tissue for treatment of knee osteoarthritis with Baker’s cyst: a case study
  1. Jennifer R Arthurs1,
  2. Cheryl M Desmond1,
  3. Sarvam P TerKonda2,
  4. Shane A Shapiro3
  1. 1Department of Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  2. 2Department of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  3. 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Mrs Jennifer R Arthurs, arthurs.jennifer{at}mayo.edu

Summary

Adipose-derived therapies have increased in popularity for treatment of painful orthopaedic conditions, such as osteoarthritis. We report the passage of fat into a Baker’s cyst after injection of micro-fragmented adipose tissue in a patient with bilateral knee arthritis. Following fat grafting, the patient required drainage of fatty fluid from within the Baker’s cyst on multiple occasions. Approximately 3 months postprocedure, she began to notice an improvement in her knee pain with no further recurrence of pain or swelling from her Baker’s cyst.

  • osteoarthritic knww
  • knee injuries
  • ultrasonography/adverse effects
  • ultrasonography
  • orthopaedic and trauma surgery

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224426

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    • Contributors JRA: data collection, drafting the article, critical revision of the article and final approval of the version to be published. CMD: data collection and final approval of the version to be published. SPTK: conception or design of the work, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, critical revision of the article, and final approval of the version to be published. SAS: conception or design of the work, data collection, drafting the article, data analysis and interpretation, critical revision of the article, and final approval of the version to be published.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.