We’re proud of our Regenexx network providers, who have been trained to perform the Regenexx-SD procedures among others. Recently a patient with significant shoulder arthritis was seen by our network provider in Philadelphia. The patient was injected with his own stem cells into the large shoulder joint as well as into the shoulder capsule and rotator cuff. A post-procedure MRI was taken with the above impressive results-“interval regeneration involving 50% of the cartilage thickness in the superior medial humeral head”. Can all patients with shoulder arthritis who undergo shoulder stem cell procedures expect to get such cartilage regeneration or any regeneration of cartilage? No. In fact, we often see great long term improvements in pain and function without any evidence of cartilage regeneration. It’s unusual to see a radiologist read out an MRI report with the word “regeneration”. As cellular therapies and interventional orthopedics get increasingly more sophisticated, we should all expect to see this term more and more.
NOTE: Regenexx-SD is a medical procedure and like all medical procedures has a success and failure rate. Not all Regenexx-SD patients can expect to experience regeneration of cartilage.
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Chris Centeno, MD is a specialist in regenerative medicine and the new field of Interventional Orthopedics. Centeno pioneered orthopedic stem cell procedures in 2005 and is responsible for a large amount of the published research on stem cell use for orthopedic applications. View Profile
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