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Fat and Bone Marrow Stem Cells used to Treat Severe Knee Arthritis
GM is a 53 yo male with a 4-5 year history of bilateral knee pain. When we first evaluated him late last year, he had already tried medial unloader knee braces, which helped, but didn’t solve his problem. The patient’s MRI showed degenerative meniscus tears in the medial meniscus as well as very severe arthritis in the…read more
Helping A Knee Patient with Stem Cells who had Failed Microfracture
JC is a 66 year old man who had a skiing accident in 1990’s which injured his knee. As a result of these injuries he both stopped skiing and playing raquetball/tennis. When he was first seen by our clinic last year to see if it was possible to avoid knee surgery for his knee arthritis, his knee…read more
Helping a Serious Skier Stay Active using his own Stem Cells
DF is a 54 year old who has been skiing hard and aggressive for 46 years. About 6 years ago he began to notice swelling in the back of his knees after a hard day of skiing. This past few years, by the end of the ski season his knees were generally in very bad shape. He began to avoid the…read more
Stem Cells for a Knee Meniscus Tear
A physician discusses a cyclist with a meniscus tear who was able to avoid surgery by using his own stem cells.
Can Stem Cells heal a Retracted Rotator Cuff Tear?
Can a retracted rotator cuff tear stem cell injection work? While we have treated many partial rotator cuff tears with stem cells, we haven’t traditionally treated complete, retracted rotator cuff tears with stem cell injections. This was due to our concerns that the two ends of the tendon or muscle would need to be surgically pulled together…read more
More stem cell disc updates…
I’ve blogged on NQ in 2010, after she received a Regenexx-C disc procedure and reported very good resolution of her leg pain which was being caused by by a L5-S1 disc bulge. At that time, I posted some sagittal MRI films (side view) showing an improved disc bulge after the stem cell disc procedure. More recently, I…read more
Restoring Mobility to a Physician with Knee Arthritis using Stem Cells
AL is a 61 year old physician who had knee surgery while in medical school with increasing knee pain over the past few years. His prior knee surgery had removed the better part of the inside (medial) meniscus, leaving no protection for that joint cartilage. His MRI showed arthritis on the inside of the knee and a…read more
