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Dr. Centeno Teaching Orthopedic Surgeons in China this Week

Dr. Centeno in China this week teaching orthopedic surgeons how to use autologous stem cells for hip osteonecrosis/AVN as well as for knee arthritis. Above is a picture montage from his trip. The images clockwise from top left: arriving at the lobby of one orthopedic hospital (the Chinese sure know how to make you welcome!),…read more

60 Minutes on Stem Cell Snake Oil

Not a month goes by where we don’t get contacted by a patient with a life threatening disease asking if we can help. Since we’re experts only in the use of stem cells for orthopedic injuries, we tell these patients that we can’t treat their often life threatening conditions. In addition, in many of these diseases, the…read more

No Advantage to Resurfacing of the Knee Cap with Total Knee Replacement

 The largest study of it’s kind to date has concluded that adding in resurfacing of the knee cap with a total knee replacement doesn’t make the outcome better. Knee cap resurfacing, or patellar resurfacing has been popular of late and involves cutting away the cartilage surface of the patella and installing a “cap” on the back of that bone as…read more

Even being Placed as a Good Candidate doesn’t Always Guarantee Success

We began the Regenexx Candidate Rating System to give potential patients an idea of the success we predict from our experience that they could expect from a Regenexx Procedure.  RS was a recent Regenexx-SD patient with all the hallmarks of a good candidate for the procedure: limited arthritic disease, no medications, good cell number, and in good…read more

A Two Year plus Report of Knee Stem Cells in an Avid Skier

PD is a 57 year old woman first seen by our clinic in February of 2009 for a one year history of knee pain on both sides. She had a right knee arthroscopic surgery in the 1980’s and her recent MRI showed almost complete loss of cartilage under the knee cap. The outside meniscus of that right…read more

Stem for Life Foundation Reports on Vatican Stem Cell Conference

As you may recall, I was honored to accept an invitation to speak at the Vatican Stem Cell conference in Rome this past November. The conference was certainly the highlight of my year and all I can say is that the Vatican knows how to throw a great conference! My favorite moment of the conference was when I embarrassed my 83 year old mother…read more

Announcing the Regenexx Provider Network

We’ve thought for years that we’d like to allow other physicians around the U.S. to begin offering our Regenexx same day procedures. The issue was how to do it right, so that we could attract top physician talent, educate them in how the procedure was performed, and allow them to process cells using a level…read more

You mean Removing an Important Shoulder Muscle Impacts the Shoulder? Who Knew?

The Latissimus Dorsi is a very important shoulder girdle muscle that you may know because it helps give your chin-ups power. The “lat” muscle is also the main muscular connector between your upper body and the lower back which also acts to keep the shoulder ball aligned in the socket. At the same time, the muscle has…read more