Why can bone marrow transplantation cure

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Bone marrow transplantation can be considered when suffering from some complicated diseases. Although there are many requirements for bone marrow transplantation, it can cure some diseases, and the recurrence rate is very small. Now let's talk about why bone marrow transplantation can cure the disease.

Why can bone marrow transplantation cure

First, bone marrow transplantation is a life-saving treatment for various blood tumors, aplastic anemia, severe Mediterranean anemia and some congenital immunodeficiency or metabolic diseases. In recent years, the number of patients receiving bone marrow transplantation is increasing year by year, which shows that bone marrow transplantation has become the current treatment trend.

Second, the long-term survival rate of patients brought by bone marrow transplantation is also greatly increased. For various blood diseases, such as aplastic anemia and chronic myelogenous leukemia, if there are appropriate donors, bone marrow transplantation has a long-term survival rate of 80% to 90%, and in adult acute leukemia, the cure rate can reach about 50%.

Third, the purpose of both methods is to collect and transplant hematopoietic stem cells, and implant them into patients to maintain their hematopoietic and immune functions. However, bone marrow transplantation needs to collect about 750ml-1000ml of bone marrow under anesthesia, which brings some pain and inconvenience to donors.

matters needing attention

When suffering from some refractory blood problems, we can consider the use of bone marrow transplantation surgery, find the right bone marrow, have certain economic conditions, we can carry out the operation, patients must be prepared before the operation.