The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Epidural Steroid Complications: Abnormal Vaginal Bleeding 3X More Likely
What’s new in epidural steroid complications? I’ve often discussed that epidural steroids have a very powerful hit of anti-inflammatory steroids. How powerful? I like to explain to patients that if the height of a matchbook represents the amount of steroid your body naturally produces, the height of the Empire State Building represents the amount in…read more
Tommy John Surgery Alternatives: Why are So Many Baseball Players “Striking Out” when They try to Avoid Elbow Surgery with PRP?
Are there Tommy John Surgery alternatives available to professional baseball players? Well an interesting article this morning on the Sports Illustrated web-site suggests that one of the new mainstays thought to help players avoid Tommy John Surgery may be striking out. The gist is that pitchers and other players have turned to Platelet Rich Plasma…read more Lateral Release Recovery: Do We Know this Knee Surgery Actually Works?
Why undergo lateral release recovery at all? If I had to create a list of bad knee surgeries just based on the hundreds of patients I’ve seen with failed knee surgeries, lateral release for knee cap tracking problems would be near the top of that list. Based on that experience, it’s another knee surgery with…read more Thinking of Knee Gel Injections? Follow These Two Rules to Maximize Outcome
I get asked quite a bit whether knee gel injections will help or harm a planned stem cell procedure. To review, these injections (also sometimes called rooster comb injections since some are derived from rooster combs) go by the brand names SynVisc, Supartz, Hyalgan, OrthoVisc, Euflexxa, Monovisc, Visccure (UK). They are all hyaluronic acid (HA)…read more A Better Platelet Rich Plasma: New Regenexx SCP Video
Our experience with using platelet mixes to stimulate stem cell growth in culture has given us a unique perspective on platelet rich plasma or PRP. PRP means that platelets are concentrated from the patient’s blood and then injected to stimulate healing. This therapy has received a lot of attention recently due to high profile athletes…read more
Regenexx-SD Stem Cell Knee and Hip Replacement Alternative Data vs Surgery
How does the Regenexx-SD Stem Cell Knee and Hip Replacement Alternative stack up to knee and hip replacement surgery? As you may recall, I blogged a while back on the new data collected by orthopedic surgeon and Chicago Regenexx network provider, Mitch Sheinkop, M.D. He compared his knee and hip replacement patients from 2007 with…read more
