Traumatic Brain Injury (Head Injury)

The recovery process of a Head Injury / Traumatic Brain Injury can be decided upon the level or degree of injury and damage to the brain. The decision can be taken again after studying which brain parts are injured.

Lasting effects like a long-term neurological sequelae or neuro deficits are most likely. It may vary from severe cases of patients in coma, to paralysis of hands and legs, speech issues, swallowing issues, memory or cognitive issues.

Some patients recover completely while some patients suffer from long term problems. The severity can be reduced by doing proper rehabilitation like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, cognitive therapy and so on. Doing this improves the quality of life and takes the patient a step towards functional independence.

A) A comatose patient will experience complications that any bedridden patient will have

B) If the patient does not undergo a rehabilitation session, then certain deformities or contractures are possible due to disuse of limbs

C) Myositis ossificans can be classified as calcium and bone deposits in the joints which restricts joint movement and ambulation. So giving deep massages should be avoided.

D) Fits or seizures are experienced by some patients, who have suffered a Head Injury or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It usually starts with an antiepileptic.

Bone marrow-derived autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells grafting for traumatic brain injury along with rehabilitation works in the recovery of neurological deficits like all other incurable neurological disorders. It can help to improve all other problems which cannot be improved by rehabilitation alone.

The biological task of bone marrow-derived cells is to replenish and renew damaged cells. autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells grafting for traumatic brain injury exploits this role by administering these cells in high concentrations directly in and around the damaged tissue, where they move forward with its self healing and repair.

No, there are no ethical concerns surrounding adult stem cell research and therapy. Ethical concerns are mostly occurs through the use of embryonic cells. Our therapy consists of using cells which are taken out from the patient’s own body and it is free from ethical concerns.

The whole autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells grafting session is safe and till date none of our patients have shown any signs of neurological deterioration. In rare cases, side effects like headache for 3-4 days, neck or back pain, vomiting, mild rash or pain at the area of bone marrow aspirations may arise. Some unexpected medical complications can occur but that is just a possibility.

This may vary from patient to patient. Some patients with traumatic brain injury make a speedy improvement by 3-6 months while in some cases patients take several months or years together to heal. And there are some patients that recover even before their discharge.

This will depend on the condition of the patient. If the patient shows signs of improvement after the first surgery then a second transplantation of cells may be suggested by a team of experts. The second transplantation can transpire anytime between 3-6 months of the first autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells grafting.

We will have to review the entire dose of medication before coming upon a decision. Generally we do allow the patients to continue their other medication. But it is better to consult a doctor beforehand