The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Hip FAI Surgery Success Rate: While Rates of Hip Arthroscopy Explode 600% in 4 Years, Does the Surgery Work?
10 years ago, no one had hardly heard of hip arthroscopy. Operating on the hip was limited to a few superficial or muscle procedures and a hip replacement. However, in the last 5 years, the ability to operate on the inside of the hip using the same general type of tools used in knee arthroscopy has…read more
Is Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Safer? Is a Big Surgery any Safer than a Really Big Surgery?
Is Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Safer? Are there fewer minimally invasive knee replacement complications? There are buses where I live that have signs advertising a new “minimally invasive” knee replacement surgery. Patients likely sign up for this type of knee replacement because they think it’s less invasive and has fewer complications than the full knee replacement.…read more
Read Your Knee MRI: Focus on ACL and PCL
When I completed the first 30,000 foot view version of Read Your Knee MRI, I realized that patients needed more information on what was normal and abnormal. A a result, I decided to produce a series of videos, each focusing on one topic. This video is the first of that series, focusing on the structures that…read more Motrin Alternatives-Not Only Can Motrin Kill You, It Can Also Delay Rotator Cuff Tendon Healing
The Need for Motrin Alternatives is Ever Increasing You really have to find Motrin alternatives, as NSAIDs or anti-inflammatory drugs are awful. There really isn’t another drug that is so widely used by so many people that is so dangerous. Think about this for a second. What if I told you that there was a…read more
Women’s Soccer ACL: Why Do Women Athletes Injure their ACL Ligaments More than Men?
It seems like every day we hear about some women’s soccer ACL injury. Female ACL injuries in sports are through the roof. 15 years ago, it was relatively uncommon to see a teenage girl come in with an ACL tear, now it seems like it’s common place. Much of this seems to be due to…read more
More Regenexx Reviews: One Patient’s Reminder of the Help She Got from the Regenexx-ACL Stem Cell Procedure
A reader asked for more Regenexx reviews and fewer big data downloads. While I love highlighting individual Regenexx reviews and patient outcomes, I also recognize that we’re some of the only providers who transparently publish the data from the hundreds and thousands of patients that we treat. However, this one was so special, I really…read more
