The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Shoulder Surgery Stem Cell Therapy? 2nd Study Again Shows Better Outcomes
There’s allot of interest lately in shoulder surgery stem cell therapy. Bone marrow stem cells have had a nice run in rotator cuff tear surgery recently. First, European bone marrow concentrate pioneer Phillipe Hernigou releases a large case series on injecting bone marrow stem cells into rotator cuff tears after surgery, demonstrating a halving of…read more
Why You Should Seek Hip Replacement Alternatives: Metal in Your Blood…
Metal on metal minimally invasive hip replacements have become very common, despite their serious problems . Wear particles in metal hips are a big issue as well. Now a research study ties higher blood levels of metal in the blood to patients whose pain gets worse after a metal on metal hip replacement. The purpose…read more
The NFL, Sports Figures, and Stem Cells…
NFL Stem Cell Treatments… NFL athletes have been getting stem cell treatments in order to try and heal difficult injuries more quickly. We’ve treated our share of them through the years. Recently a Rice University professor penned an article that focused negative attention on this issue. So what gives? My thoughts on the topic are “nuanced”…read more
Hip Arthritis Stem Cell Research: Regenexx Publishes New Hip Paper
There’s not much out there in hip arthritis stem cell research, which is why we’re proud to announce the publication of a new research paper detailing the results of our advanced registry for hip arthritis patients receiving stem cell injections. With this publication, we have officially increased our share of the world’s literature of orthopedic…read more
Cycling Lower Back Pain Has Little to Do with Back Strength…
Many people believe their cycling lower back pain is caused by having weak back muscles. However, they’ve never heard of the most important back muscles for cycling endurance-which aren’t the ones that you can strengthen easily in the gym. Now a new study confirms that atrophy of the deep abdominal muscles and multifidus are associated…read more
Knee Microfracture Results a Bust in Long-term Study
Knee microfracture has become a standard of care procedure for small knee arthritis cartilage lesions. However, do we have research showing that it helps long-term? What are knee microfracture results? A new research study suggests that the long-term outcomes are pretty bad. Knee microfracture is about a 20 year old orthopedic surgery technique that’s commonly…read more 