The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Blind Ankle Injection: 1 in 4 Times a Physician isn’t Really Injecting the Ankle Joint
Have you had a blind ankle injection? I’ve blogged a few times on the fact that blind injections (injections without some form of guidance like fluoroscopy or ultrasound) have significant miss rates. In other words, the doctor thinks he’s injecting something inside the knee or ankle joint, but he’s missed the joint capsule (inside of the…read more
ACL Surgery Rehab: Does Aggressive PT Make a Difference after ACL Surgery?
Does really aggressive ACL surgery rehab make a difference? As you may know, we’re not big fans of surgery to replace torn knee ACL ligaments. This is because the ligament repair bears no resemblance to the original equipment. In addition, recent research has shown that the chances of injuring the opposite, normal knee go way…read more
NBA Players Find that there is No Such Thing as Achilles Tendon Surgery Recovery-Why Are We Still Operating on Many Achilles Tendon Tears?
A recent study published this past week showed that NBA basketball players with an Achilles tendon tear rarely return to high level play despite arguably the best and most sophisticated surgical care on earth. Huh? I thought if anybody could engineer an Achilles tendon surgery recovery, it would be these guys. At the end of the…read more
Fish Oil Reduces Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk in Women in New Study
Fish oil has had a great few years and a rough month. After fish oil was hailed by many as almost a miracle supplement for many ailments involving chronic inflammation like arthritis, this past month a single study showed that it could be associated with a slight uptick in prostate cancer risk. While the prostate…read more
Knee Meniscus Repair: The Great White Whale
Most patients who I have spoken to believe that their meniscus surgery was a knee meniscus repair. So was it? Not so much. How do we know? A recent study confirms that, despite the term being used liberally, what’s frequently done is often chopping out pieces of the torn meniscus rather than repairing anything. First…read more
Fat Stem Cells for Arthritis and Bone Diseases: Hanging Your Hat on 7 Patients…
Fat stem cells for arthritis? As promised, here’s an update on the number of patients treated to date and published for bone marrow versus fat stem cells for the treatment of arthritis and bone diseases. Focus for a moment on the number 7. That’s the number of patients in the world who have been reported…read more
