The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Knee Osteonecrosis Alternatives: Can a Precise Injection Rescue Dying Bone?
Are there viable knee osteonecrosis alternatives outside of joint replacement? Avascular necrosis a.k.a. osteonecrosis is a horrible disease of the bone where the structure often collapses. Having said that, we’ve successfully treated many cases by using a minimally invasive method to place the patient’s own stem cells into the area of dying bone. I’d like…read more
Why Your Shoulder MRI Results May Not Be Important…
As I’ve blogged before, patients and physicians often view MRI results like a report from an Oracle, in that they believe it will elucidate all of life’s mysteries. However, the scientific reality is that MRIs are pretty horrible at diagnosing the cause of pain. Now a new study shows, not surprisingly, that shoulder MRI results…read more
Glucosamine and Chondroitin = Celebrex: The University Two Step…
We now have so many studies that show that Glucosamine and Chondroitin (GC) work well for knee arthritis that it’s silly arguing that they don’t work. Now a new study compares the dangerous drug Celebrex and finds it to be equivalent for knee arthritis to GC! Why hasn’t this study been on every major news…read more
Steroid Pill Side Effects: Older Women and Oral Steroids are a Bad Mix
Some older women with inflammatory diseases find themselves on oral steroids. These potent drugs reduce swelling, but there are also a bevy of steroid pill side effects. Now a recent study shows that just a few months on these drugs literally eats away at the bone architecture of these women. Oral corticosteroid pills (not bodybuilding…read more Amniotic Stem Cell Therapy The Amniotic Fluid Stem Cell Injection Two Step…
I’ve blogged quite a bit on amniotic stem cell injections this past few months because this is such a hot topic. There are clinics popping up all over the place claiming to be performing amniotic stem cell therapy. In the past few years, a new product entered the market, amniotic fluid, with the physicians using…read more New Stem Cells Found in Bone Marrow!
We’ve known for some time that bone marrow stem cells are better than fat stem cells at repairing orthopedic tissues like bone and cartilage. Now a new study might explain why this is the case. Turns out there’s more stem cells in bone marrow than anyone ever thought. Fat has a healthy number of stem…read more
