The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog

More Knee Replacement Side Effects: Bald and Itchy…

I’ve blogged extensively about knee replacement side effects. This has included microscopic wear particles that break off from knee and hip replacement prostheses that have been found in the blood stream. Studies have also reported that a surprising number of patients have allergies to the metals used in the devices. Now a new case report recounts the experience of a…read more

Ankle Instability Causes Forces to be Absorbed by the Ankle Instead of the Leg

If you haven’t heard of the concept of ankle instability, that’s not good, as it’s the single biggest thing that may be frying your joints one step at a time. The ankle is a joint that’s held together by ligaments, like many joints. Unlike the other joints, the ankle takes the brunt of your body weight so the ligaments act as very strong…read more

Knee Stem Cell Injections for Arthritis: Do Stem Cells Help People with Severe Arthritis – An Analysis of our Published Data…

We have ample evidence that knee stem cell injections for arthritis work.  Do we have evidence that cultured knee stem cell injections can work for severe knee arthritis? This morning I’d like to review our registry data on how patients with different levels of arthritis responded to the Regenexx-C procedure. This is the procedure that…read more

Stem Cells Help Prevent Arthritis or How to Turn the Bad Pac Man Cells into Good Guys

We know that stem cells help prevent arthritis, but everyone is still figuring out why stem cells seem to help patients with severely degenerated joints. Our own research as well as that of others shows that stem cells may be able to help with joint pain and increase function in patients severe arthritis. A new…read more

Regenexx Successes and Failures: When the Regenexx Procedure Doesn’t Work

All medical procedures have a success and failure rate, and therefore there are Regenexx successes and failures.  I’d like to blog on two patients this morning who are both treatment failures. One had the Regenexx-SD procedure for a torn meniscus after a very aggressive menisectomy and the other had the Regenexx-C procedure at the Cayman…read more

More Hip and Knee Replacement Side Effects: Significant Increases in Bleeding Stomach Ulcers

Hip and knee replacement side effects are in the news again.  Most patients believe that a knee or hip replacement surgery is like getting a new part in their car… nothing could be farther from the truth. Recent research has shown that knee and hip replacement procedures are associated with a dramatic increase in stroke…read more