Efficacy of Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Under local or general anesthesia, autologous fat will be harvested by using a manual aspiration or syringe-assisted technique. SVF and ASCs isolation from autologous lipoaspirates will be done by enzymatic digestion method (collagenase Type-1 solution for 45 minutes at 37°C). Cell quality assessment will be done prior to transplantation by trypan blue exclusion assay and total populations and fractions of cells identified by immunocytochemistry / flow cytometry. PRP will be derived by centrifugation from 50-100ml blood collected in anticoagulant carrying bag, from patient at the day of transplantation. The injection volume will depend on the wound area of each patient. 2 million cells/ 0.5 ml PRP will be mixed, transferred to 1 cc syringes and injected / cm2 intradermally at the border zone \& inside of wound surface bed.