The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
#SatStats! Guess Our Research Results and Win!
It’s #SatStats, our Regenexx Research Results Contest again, and this week the research question is about our advanced registry. Unlike everyone else in this space, we’ve tracked our patient results using standardized questionnaires in a registry for many years. This week’s question is therefore about that outcome data. The winner will get a free 3 month’s…read more
What Does Tommy John Surgery Research Show?
Yesterday I was working out on an elliptical and watching the TV in the health club. A feature called ESPN Sports Science was on about Tommy John surgery in major league pitchers and kids. One of the more disturbing things was that the commentators were arguing back and forth that an injured pro pitcher was…read more
2014 Stem Cell Registry Data-Knee Arthritis
Every year we publish updates to our registry data on-line. This fall we’ll be continuing that trend, adding data from almost another 1,000 patients to the mix. This morning I’d like to go over the pain and functional data for patients treated with the Regenexx-SD stem cell procedure for knee arthritis. First, it’s important to…read more
ACL Tear Treatment: Helping a College Football Player Avoid Surgery
Brendan Tow is a college football player that I’ve known since he was a kid. He was excited to get a college football scholarship several years ago, but that elation was soon cut short by his first and then second ACL injuries. We’ve been able to help Brendan through two bouts of ACL tear treatment,…read more
An Open Letter to Dr. Oz on Stem Cells for Knee ACL Injuries…
Dr. Oz on Knee ACL Stem Cell Treatments… We like Dr. Oz. He’s a master at educating patients, which strikes near and dear to my heart as someone who also believes that educating patients is the key to helping them recover. However, he recently published a newspaper column where a mother asked about the use…read more
Reflecting On Interventional Orthopedics and Our Fellowship
Last week, I spent a significant portion of the day working on the fifth generation of a device to accurately place stem cells into specific portions of the disc. This means working with a cadaver and testing the usability of the device against the actual human tissue. While that may seem morose, it’s how new devices…read more
