Olfactory ensheathing cells in the treatment of the tethered cord syndrome

Abstract

There are several data and commentaries regarding the role of the stem cells as effective therapies in the treatment of the central nervous system’s lesions. Even if at the experimental level there have been reported very promising results, when these methods have been applied in clinical field the results were not very successful. In this context, the numerous reports about patients with significant improvement of the neurological status after stem cells inoculation or olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) inoculation performed by the researchers from Beijing Xishan Hospital, Beijing, China, adds a discordant note in this general pessimist background. Therefore, we will present the original discharge letter from the Beijing Xishan Hospital, Beijing, China then we will make some commentaries and will draw the final conclusions.

Keywords

• olfactory ensheating cells
• tethered cord
• myelo-meningocelle