The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Dr. Centeno to Speak in Dubai in Janurary
I grew up as a kid fascinated by science who like many of the youth my age had that fire stoked by the Apollo space program. However, before that I was actually fascinated by Ancient Egypt. So several months ago, when a colleague in Dubai asked me to speak at the Arab Health symposium on…read more
Stem Cell Novice vs. Stem Cell Expert: Knowing What’s Injected…
Is your doctor an expert at stem cell therapy, or a novice? How would you know? Earlier this week I wrote about a simple question regarding a bone marrow aspiration that you could ask to tell the difference. This morning I have another question for you to ask your doctor – does he or she…read more
My Hip Arthroscopy Blog: More Side Effects
While this is not specifically a hip arthroscopy blog, through the years I have discussed the many negative experiences my patients have had with the surgery. My first realization of the serious side effects of the procedure came back in 2008, when we borrowed a hip distraction unit form an orthopedic surgery practice to test…read more
Stem Cell Treatment Reviews: Expert vs. Novice?
As a patient who is considering stem cell treatment it’s nearly impossible to tell if your doctor knows what he’s doing, or, has no idea. You can search for things like “stem cell treatment reviews”, but that doesn’t tell you how qualified your physician may be. If you’re getting a bone marrow stem cell treatment…read more
Second Chance with Regenexx Knee Stem Cell Injections
All too often, what we do becomes routine. You go to work, see your patients, intervene in their lives, and go home, eat dinner, watch something, interact with the family, catch up on e-mails, and go to bed to wake up and repeat. If you’re a bit crazy like me, you insert in there waking…read more The Problems with Evidence Based Medicine
“EBM is based on a statistical blunder: the assumption that a population value can be applied to one specific individual. This is known as the ecological fallacy . . . it is fundamentally incorrect to apply the results of large-scale trials to individual patients. Despite this, the EBM myth is that individual patients should be treated…read more
