The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Do’s and Don’ts of Knee ACL Injuries
I just contributed to an article on Expert Beacon on the “Do’s and Don”t’s” of ACL Surgery. We’ve seen tremendous results with our Regenexx-ACL stem cell procedure, which is the subject of a recent submission for publication in a research journal.
Is Your Multifidus Muscle Fried? How Would Your Know?
I’ve blogged a number of times about the multifidus muscle, an important stabilizer of the spine that most patients with low back pain have never heard about. Today’s video was inspired by a patient I saw in clinic this past week who had an interesting MRI. He had a fusion in his low back while…read more Hip Replacement Cobalt Levels: A “House” Call
Like an attorney who doesn’t like watching legal shows, I generally hate watching medical shows-home time is generally downtime (other than writing the blog and working on a million different things in between engaging with my family). So I missed a recent House episode on hip replacement cobalt poisoning, but apparently it helped make a diagnosis that…read more A Severe Knee Arthritis Patient Treated with Stem Cells: Getting Back to the Stories that We Doctors Love…
This past few months I’ve had a hyper-focus on Regenexx-SD outcome data, which is information from our treatment registry. In talking to patients in that arduous process of finalizing treatment data sets, I’ve heard some great stories. For the most part what separates Regenexx from everything else out there is real world data in literally…read more
This is Thoracotomy Recovery?
So this is thoracotomy recovery? SS is a 61 year old woman who had a portion of her lung removed due to lung cancer 6 years ago. To get there, the doctor’s did what’s called a thoracotomy, or a procedure where the chest wall is opened by cutting between the ribs. Like many patients who…read more
How Stem Cells Work: iPSC and STAP or How to Create Artificial Stem Cells from Natural Cells
How Stem Cells Work – Part 8 Today’s entry in our “How Stem Cells Work” short format video series is about iPS and STAP. iPS has been in the news for years, as scientists in Japan were able to take natural skin cells and turn them into artificial embryonic stem cells. STAP has been in…read more 