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Fat Stem Cells for Arthritis and Bone Diseases: Hanging Your Hat on 7 Patients…

Fat stem cells for arthritis? As promised, here’s an update on the number of patients treated to date and published for bone marrow versus fat stem cells for the treatment of arthritis and bone diseases. Focus for a moment on the number 7. That’s the number of patients in the world who have been reported…read more

An Update on Using Fat Stem Cells to Treat Arthritis: The Data is Still Very Weak

Last year, I created an infographic on the different stem cell types used in orthopedic stem cell procedures. At the time, I ran several searches of the U.S. National Library of Medicine to give readers an understanding of what was published on animal models of cartilage repair. To review, scientists try animal models first to…read more

Our Commitment to Orthopedic Stem Cell Research…

Which private clinic has the greatest commitment to orthopedic stem cell research? Regenexx wins that award hands down. Let me explain. This past week we had our annual Regenexx network provider meeting. We showed some raw data from the registry which will be further refined by our bio stats expert over the next few months.…read more

Rotator Cuff Tear Symptoms: Do Small Rotator Cuff Tears that Don’t Hurt become Bigger Tears that Hurt?

Do rotator cuff tear symptoms come from small problems that get bigger? For example, does it make sense to pay attention to asymptomatic rotator cuff tears or ignore them? These past several years we’ve seen data showing that knee meniscus tears in middle aged and elderly patients without knee pain are as common as wrinkles or grey…read more

Regenexx Network Annual Conference

This week we held our second annual Regenexx Network  provider medical conference. This was preceded by a Regenexx Network ultrasound skills advancement course. Why? To better understand, let’s first discuss how many orthopedic, neurology, physical medicine, radiology, or family doctors would have the skill set covered in these courses. Very, very few. As an example, adding…read more

Our Original Stem Cell Safety Paper has been Declared in the Top 1% of Papers in it’s Area

Our original stem cell safety paper was just declared in the top 1% of the papers in it’s field. This means that it’s been cited by more than 20 other papers as research of authority. This is on the heels of it’s successor paper that again looked at stem cell safety in the same patients…read more

Knee Replacement Cost: Prices Soar as the Outcomes Drop and the Complications Mount

What does a knee replacement cost? There was a great New York Times article on Sunday that reported that patients without insurance (and some with insurance), as being priced out of knee or hip replacement surgeries. One of the issues brought up is that the cost of a knee or hip device is controlled by…read more

General Anesthetics and Dementia: Do You Know Which One Is Less Likely to Fry Your Brain?

Is there a link between the use of general anesthetics and dementia risk?  General anesthesia is the type where they put a patient to sleep with a tube in the throat. This topic has a personal interest for me as my father started a serious cognitive decline after hip surgery, so I’ve always wondered if…read more