The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
What is a Meniscal Cyst? Why You Should Care about the Hole in My Meniscus
What is a meniscal cyst? This week I was preparing for a lecture and needed certain ultrasound images that I didn’t have, so I performed a knee ultrasound exam on myself to save examples. When I got to my lateral anterior (outside front) knee meniscus, a big hole in my meniscus jumped out off the screen. Yikes!…read more
New Knee Replacement Alternative Video!
Knee Replacement or Knee Replacement Alternative? Can a simple video explain why you might want to consider a knee replacement alternative? One of my favorite books as a medical student was a series written by a physician artist who explained the musculoskeletal system in very simple ways. As you can tell from our videos on…read more Regenexx-ACL Procedure Featured in Outside Magazine
The Regenexx-ACL Procedure, our groundbreaking treatment for knee ACL tears using precise injections of the patient’s own stem cells was just featured in Outside Magazine. It’s a well-balanced piece of journalism for a new technology. As you may have guessed, Orthopedic surgeons are quite skeptical that they may have to give up 70-80% of ACL…read more
Read Your Own Knee MRI for Patients
As a patient, is it possible to read your own knee MRI? A few days ago a friend with a knee injury had an MRI done. I didn’t get a chance to read it right away so he jumped onto the Internet to find out how to make sense of the slices. He ultimately found…read more Does Meniscus Replacement Work?
The “new” meniscus is usually from a donor and is surgically installed and sewn into place where the old one used to be. The surgery is officially called Meniscal Allograft Transplant or MAT. It requires extensive downtime and is often a bigger open, rather than arthroscopic, knee surgery. Make sense? What does the research say?…read more
Knee Microfracture Success Rate? Will Your Knee Microfracture Procedure Last Longer than 5 Years?
What is the knee microfracture success rate? For a procedure that’s become a mainstay of the modern orthopedic treatment of holes in knee cartilage, we have little high level evidence that the procedure is effective. Hard to believe? Micro fracture is where the surgeon pokes holes in the bone to stimulate cartilage growth. The procedure…read more 