The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Is There Objective Evidence that PRP Helps Tendons Heal? Concentration and Age Matter
This has been an interesting few months in the world of PRP research. We’ve seen a few studies that purport to show that PRP doesn’t work, after dozens of similar studies that showed it was effective. While it turns out that the studies that seemed to show that PRP was ineffective never used actual PRP…read more
Is a Little Alcohol a Wonder Drug or Poison?
You may remember 10 years ago when cardiologists recommended every US adult have a glass of red wine every night, convinced that this could bend the heart attack rate down. However, lately, we’ve been hearing a different story in the media about light to moderate alcohol use. Is alcohol a toxin with no fully safe…read more
The Artificial Disc Replacement Hustle
Medicine is often more about marketing than reality. One area where masterful marketing has overtaken reality is the promise of an artificial disc. Let’s explore the hype and the reality today. The Promise of the ADR Both fusion and disc replacement surgery are performed in patients with DDD (Degenerative Disc Disease). DDD is when the…read more
Our Most Recent Publication on Blood Clots, Anticoagulation, and Knee Arthritis BMC Procedures
New medical technology attains a few predictable levels as it’s adopted by more and more physicians. Because we’ve been performing knee bone marrow concentrate procedures for a very long time and collecting registry data on them, we’re well into the final level. As a result, we just published a peer-reviewed research paper on the risk…read more
Playing With Knee Steroid Data, Et Tu Harvard?
A few years back a seminal paper was published showing what many physicians knew was an issue, that mega-dose steroids destroy knee cartilage (1). However, this was a HUGE problem for many physicians who have been injecting this stuff with wild abandon for many years. Hence, it was only a matter of time before papers…read more
The RegenLabs Saga Continues…
Frankly, at this point, my favorite saying, “You just can’t make this stuff up” keeps proving true so often, that even I’m astounded. This morning we’ll delve deeper into a company that I thought frankly would be long since gone by now, but continues to impress me with what I consider hijinks and insanity. So…read more
