The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Weight Gain Knee Pain: Young Women Double their Risk of a Knee Replacement for Every 20 Pounds they Gain
Concerned about weight gain knee pain? It’s not often you see a study with almost a quarter million people, but one was just published showing an association between knee replacement risk and weight gain in young women and men. The issue of weight and knee arthritis has gone back and forth for a while. Most…read more
Your Bones are Flexible? How Does that Work?
Your bones are flexible? New research out of Cambridge this week answers the question about how your bones can be flexible while being composed of rigid crystals like glass or cement. Enjoy the quick video!
Hamstring ACL Surgery Complications: Problems in the Hamstring after Surgery
Are there hamstring ACL surgery complications you should know about? I recently blogged on research that showed that using your own tendon resulted in fewer ACL reconstruction surgery failures than using a donor ACL. Many of those ACL tendon grafts are taken from the hamstring tendon of the patient. The particular area that they usually come…read more
Knee ACL Surgery Graft Choices: Someone Else’s ACL has Three Times the Failure Rate!
What are the right knee ACL surgery graft choices? For example, do you use someone else’s tissue (allograft) or your own tendon refashioned as an ACL ligament (autograft). Is there a difference? Based on a recent long-term study of ACL allografts versus autografts, the answer seems to be a resounding, “Yes”. First, a knee ACL…read more
Low Vitamin D Arthritis Link: New Study Says Don’t Chuck those Cute Little Pills Yet!
Does a low vitamin D arthritis link exist? Should you take Vitamin D to help your arthritis? Given the recent popularity of Vitamin D3, it’s surprising that the research is all over the map. Some studies show that low vitamin D is associated with more arthritis and other studies show no association between Vitamin D and…read more
Read Your Own Knee MRI – Meniscus Tear
Do you have a meniscus tear? Read Your Own Knee MRI-Meniscus Tear is another in our series on how to get a head start on reading your own knee MRI. Enjoy! 