Uso de la medicina regenerativa en el tratamiento del síndrome del túnel del carpo Use of regenerative medicine for the treatment of the carpal tunnel syndrome

Se realiza una breve reseña sobre el uso de la medicina regenerativa y se enfatizó sobre su empleo en la especialidad de ortopedia y traumatología, específicamente en el tratamiento del síndrome del túnel del carpo. Se comentó sobre esta afección y los reportes cubanos sobre las dolencias tratadas con medicina regenerativa en este campo de la medicina. Se hace referencia a 2 pacientes con síndrome del túnel del carpo tratados con células madre adultas autólogas, con resultados favorables. Hasta donde se conoce, estos son los primeros casos con síndrome del túnel del carpo comunicados en la literatura tratados con células madre adultas.A brief review was made on the use of regenerative medicine in the field of orthopedics and traumatology, making emphasis on the treatment of the carpal tunnel syndrome. Some comments about this illness and the Cuban reports on ailments treated with regenerative medicine in this medical field were presented. Reference was made on 2 patients suffering this type of syndrome, who were treated with autologous adult stem cells and the achieved results were good. As far as it is known, these are the first two cases with the carpal tunnel syndrome reported on the literature as having been treated with the adult stem cell method.