Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Implantation in Patients With Severe Thromboangiitis Obliterans
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Implantation in Patients With Severe Thromboangiitis Obliterans
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DOI:
10.1253/circj.cj-19-1041
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发表时间:
2020-04-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Higashi, Yukihito
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作者:
Yusoff, Farina Mohamad;Kajikawa, Masato;Higashi, Yukihito
Background: Patients with severe Buerger disease, also known as thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), are at risk of major limb amputation. It has been shown that autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell (BM-MNC) implantation improves the condition of critical limb ischemia in TAO patients. This study was conducted to further clarify the long-term (>10 years) results of autologous BM-MNC implantation in patients with TAO.Methods and Results: An observational study was conducted of the long-term results of BM-MNC implantation in 47 lower limbs of 27 patients with TAO. The mean (+/- SD) follow-up period was 12.0 +/- 8.6 years. There was no major amputation event up to 10 years of follow-up in patients treated with BM-MNC implantation. The overall amputation-free survival rates were significantly higher in patients who underwent BM-MNC implantation than in internal controls and historical controls. There was no significant difference in amputation-free survival rates between the historical and internal controls. There was also no significant difference in overall survival between patients who underwent BM-MNC implantation and the historical controls.Conclusions: BM-MNC transplantation successfully prevented major limb amputation over a period of >10 years in patients with severe TAO who had no other therapeutic options.