Problems and prospects of cell therapy for critical ischaemia of lower limbs

Cell therapy was proposed as a procedure of indirect revascularization for patients with critical ischaemia of lower extremities for whom endovascular and surgical revascularization is impossible. We present herein a review of the state of the art of studies in the field of cell therapy of this cohort of patients.Cell therapy has proved safe, however, the results of studies of efficacy are relatively ambiguous and unconvincing. The number of...