The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Knee Stem Cell Therapy: Does the Dose of Your Own Stem Cells Matter?
Why Do We Continue to Do Knee Stem Cell Therapy Research? There are now many clinics offering knee stem cell therapy. When we were the first in the United States offering stem cell treatments for knee arthritis, we wondered if anyone else would also discover what this unique therapy can do for patients. While there…read more
A “Fly Through” Of a Knee MRI: The Amazingly Complex Knee!
This week I sat down to review a patient’s knee MRI. The MRI itself was unusual as there were many more slices through the knee in all three planes (Side, Front, and Top Down). In fact, the MRI was in 1 mm slices, far thinner cuts than 99% of the studies I see. The image…read more
Cost May Be One Reason to Look for A Knee Replacement Alternative
How much does a knee replacement cost? I don’t usually quote financial sites on this blog, but one just did such a great job of putting the outrageous costs of knee or hip replacement in perspective, I couldn’t resist. At more than 50K, cost many be one reason to look for a knee replacement alternative. The…read more
Acupuncture and Stem Cells? Surprisingly there is Research…
I’ve never put the two together-acupuncture and stem cells. After all, one is an ancient eastern tradition that’s been marginalized into the category of western alternative medicine and the other is state of the art scientific research pushing the boundaries of traditional western medicine. I actually chanced upon this topic while looking for something else…read more Fat Stem Cell Therapy: The Impacts of Aging, Disease, and Weight on Cells
Fat stem cell therapy continues to explode, with literally 20 new clinics popping up every week. I blogged awhile back that fat stem cells taken from overweight patients are not as potent as fat taken from thinner patients. Three new studies published this past few months add to that discussion. The focus of the recent…read more
Regenexx Research Review: Regenexx-SD Candidacy for Knee Arthritis
Knee stem cell research has traditionally focused on lab studies. Even the few formal research studies out there using stem cells to treat knee arthritis have focused on a specific protocol and a very narrow subset of patients. We have one such study ongoing at our Chicago RegenexxNetwork provider’s site. Our daily data collection is…read more
