Summary
Diagnosis
Sex
Age
Nationality
Spina Bifida
Male
13 years
Serbia
Injections
Cell type
Admission date
Discharge date
6
2012-07-02
2012-08-03
Condition On Admission
The doctor’s physical assessment of the patient upon admission found the patient had normal facial symmetry, sensation, and shoulder shrug. Motor neurological examinations showed an upper limbs score of 5 (full power), a proximal lower limbs score of 4, and a distal lower limbs score of 1. The coordinated movement of the upper limbs was normal but the patient could not move his legs at will. The patient could not move his feet but local muscle contraction could be observed. There was a loss of sensation in both ankles and around the tailbone and perineum. The loss of sensation in this area also caused a dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi.
Treatment Schedule
The patient received 6 umbilical cord blood-derived stem cell (UCBSC) packets by intravenous (IV) injections as per schedule below.
Number
Date
Cell Type
Delivery Method
Side Effects
1
2012-07-04
none reported
2
2012-07-09
none reported
3
2012-07-13
none reported
4
2012-07-18
none reported
5
2012-07-23
none reported
6
2012-07-27
none reported
Condition at discharge
There were no remarkable changes in the patient’s condition during treatment.
Condition 1 month after treatment
One month following his treatment the patient’s family submitted his follow up assessment. They reported he had experienced good improvements in many symptom areas and that his quality of life had significantly improved. The patient himself described the major improvements he was experiencing as such: “I’m starting to feel the feet, and tingling from the knee down.” Please see the excerpt below from their one month post-treatment assessment:
Symptom
Family Own Assessment of Improvement
Balance
Moderate improvement
Movement in general
Moderate improvement
Walking
Moderate improvement
Standing up
Moderate improvement
Overall strength
Significant improvement
Limb muscle strength
Moderate improvement
Trunk muscle strength
Moderate improvement
Range of movement
Significant improvement
