The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
There are Stem Cells in Your Urine or Stop Peeing on my Head and Calling it Rain…
As I searched the US National Library of medicine this morning for something else, I chanced upon a paper using stem cells from human urine to treat impotence in diabetic mice. Now the topic of the paper couldn’t be more bizarre. First, how do you create mice with erectile dysfunction? How would you tell? Second,…read more
Amnio Stem Cells: Are there Stem Cells in Amniotic Tissue being Used by Sports Med Doctors?
What are amnio stem cells? I’ve been asked by many patients lately about the use of amniotic “stem cells” for orthopedic or sports injuries. I’ve been approached by numerous sales reps in the past several years (two in the last week) to begin using this miracle of modern medicine. So what is it? When a…read more
Stem Cell Supplement: Resveratrol Keeps Cartilage Cells from Going Bad
What ingredients should you choose for a stem cell supplement? This morning I’d like to highlight Resveratrol through a recent study. Resveratrol is an interesting story. It’s a naturally occurring chemical that’s produced by plants to defend against the stress of invading bacteria. It’s gotten quite a bit of play lately because it seems to…read more
Back Surgery Gone Bad: Did Your Stabilizing Muscles Get Fried?
What causes back surgery gone bad? There are many theories, but the answer may be sitting on your MRI film and may have never been read out. The issue may have been caused by an old school surgical technique. Let me explain. There’s a lot of information on a low back MRI that’s often missed.…read more
ACL Surgery Arthritis: 2/3rds of Teens Who Get ACL Surgery will Get Arthritis by Age 30
It seems like a right of passage. A young athlete blows out a knee ACL ligament and that event turns into a surgery to replace the ligament. However, what about ACL surgery arthritis? In other words, does operating on the ACL cause arthritis? After years of treating patients in their twenties and thirties with severely…read more
ACL Surgery Options: A College Football Player Decides to Go Non-surgical and Uses His Own Stem Cells
Are there effective ACL surgery options that are much less invasive? Can you ditch the ACL surgery altogether? BT is a college football player who injured his left ACL two years ago and unlike the other guys on his team, decided to go non-surgical. They all had their ACLs ripped out and replaced surgically, with grafts that…read more
