[Transplantation of autologous adult bone marrow stem cells in patients with severe peripheral arterial occlusion disease].

Background: For many patients with severe peripheral arterial occlusion disease (PAOD) an interventional or surgical treatment is not feasible. The regenerative potential of adult autologous mononuclear stem cells could contribute to neoangiogenesis.

Patients And Methods: Ten patients with severe PAOD were included.

[Rapid healing of a therapy-refractory diabetic foot after transplantation of autologous bone marrow stem cells].

Background: The diabetic foot mainly depends on painless pressure lesions, which are based on diabetic polyneuropathy and microangiopathy. In these cases the regenerative potential of adult autologous mononuclear stem cells could serve as causal therapy.

History And Clinical Findings: A 63-year-old patient with long-lasting type 2 diabetes mellitus suffers from a reduced walking distance of 200 m and a therapy-refractory ulcer at the right ball of the great toe.