The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Understanding Medical Risk: Where Patients Go Wrong
I’ve blogged on this a few times, but when it comes to where patients often go wrong with keeping themselves safe, understanding medical risk is usually where they have a hard time. Hence, today we’ll go over several common medical risk scenarios to help you better decide how to manage your risk and live your…read more
Interspinous Spacers: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread or a Bad Idea?
Lumbar stenosis is a big problem that can make it hard to stand upright, so invasive surgery is often recommended. However, over the last five years, a new device category called an interspinous spacer has emerged that promises to solve this problem with minimally invasive surgery. However, is this a good idea? Let’s dig in.…read more
The New SIS Fact Finder Paper on Intradiscal Biologics
Is it safe to inject the intervertebral disc with orthobiologics? That’s the topic taken up by the Spinal Intervention Society (SIS) in a recent paper published by their Patient Safety Committee. After reading this paper, I have to say that I agree with some of the caution, but I also recognize that there is a…read more
Why is the Thoracic Spine a No Man’s Land?
A patient came in recently to discuss the effects of PRP treatment she received in Canada. Out of that conversation came a common refrain. A Toronto spine specialist didn’t want to repeat her prior very successful thoracic spine interventional treatment that I had done in Colorado. Why? He had never treated this area of the…read more
Looking for a New Cayman Physician, Moneyball, and Dinosaurs
Youtube is always interesting as it constantly feeds you more of what you want to see. It’s sort of taken over Netflix and Amazon for me because of that feature. This morning it served me one of my favorite scenes from Moneyball which happened to coincide with helping our Cayman affiliate find a full-time physician.…read more
Traditional Medicine’s Approach to Treating Knee Arthritis is Blowing Up
Three new studies have recently been added to many others that our current traditional treatment of knee arthritis is probably hurting more people than it’s helping. So let’s explore this morning what’s up. Let’s also explore how you can protect yourself from the medical care system potentially making your arthritis worse. What are the Most…read more
