Orthopaedic and regenerative medicine practice in Vila Clementino, Sao Paulo, run by the knee specialist Dr Carlos Vinicius under the Topclinics name.
This is the site of Dr Carlos Vinicius, an orthopaedic surgeon in Sao Paulo who specialises in the knee. The site names Topclinics as the facility where his procedures are carried out, and gives consulting rooms at Rua Borges Lagoa 1083, conjunto 72, in the Vila Clementino district near the Sao Paulo federal university medical campus.
The practice presents itself as combining conventional orthopaedics with what it calls regenerative orthopaedics. Under that heading the site lists injections of platelet rich plasma (prepared from the patient's own blood), platelet rich fibrin, hyaluronic acid, and mesenchymal stem cells obtained from bone marrow or from fat tissue, alongside non-injection treatments such as extracorporeal shockwave therapy, ozone therapy, laser, pulsed radiofrequency, therapeutic ultrasound and pulsed electromagnetic field treatment.
According to the site, the stem cells are obtained in one of two ways: by aspirating bone marrow, with the iliac crest of the pelvis named as the usual site, or by liposuction of fat from the abdomen or the flank. Both are autologous, that is taken from the patient's own body. The site says these cells are applied to arthritis of the knee, hip, spine and shoulder, to muscle, ligament and tendon injuries, and to cartilage and meniscus damage, and it also names skin ulcers, nerve injuries and neurodegenerative disease in a general list of possible uses.
The site publishes no outcome figures or success rates, describing benefits only in general terms of reduced pain and improved function, and it publishes no prices. Readers should note that the broader claims, particularly the mention of neurodegenerative disease, go well beyond the orthopaedic conditions the practice is set up to treat, and the site offers no evidence for them.
The conditions below are those named on the practice's own stem cell and regenerative orthopaedics pages.
The site states that it uses mesenchymal stem cells taken from the patient's own body, either from bone marrow or from fat tissue.
The site presents a single named surgeon.
The site describes consulting rooms at Rua Borges Lagoa 1083, conjunto 72, in Vila Clementino, Sao Paulo, open Monday to Friday from 8am to 7pm, with procedures carried out at a facility the site calls Topclinics. It does not describe theatres, laboratory facilities, cell processing arrangements or any accreditation, and it does not say where or by whom the bone marrow and fat derived cells are prepared.
The site gives no prices, no fee ranges and no statement about whether any treatment is covered by health insurance. Enquirers are directed to telephone the rooms.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.