The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
The World’s Best and Most Advanced
“Stem Cell Wild West” websites are a dime a dozen. One of the more interesting claims out there is of being “The World’s Best” or “The World’s Most Advanced”. Let’s explore that this morning. Lots of Blogs Before I get started this morning, let’s take a second to reflect. As of this blog, I have…read more
What a New Bone Marrow Knee Study Can Teach Us About QA
QA is a term that you hear more often in industries like manufacturing or engineering, not in medicine. However, the bone marrow concentrate procedure for knee arthritis has so many moving parts that QA is key. So today we’ll review a new research paper and also learn how they failed on several key QA metrics.…read more
Joint Sounds and How Ligaments Respond to Orthobiologics
Some patients with instability experience a mid-point in healing that can cause anxiety. It’s this time when things are tighter, but the number of pops, cracks, and instability episodes can climb rather than go away. So let’s dig into why this is and what’s happening. A Typical Joint Above we have a typical joint with…read more
Why Bad PRP Studies Matter: The Katz PRP JAMA Editorial
We’ve seen a rash of bad PRP studies with negative results lately. Given that we have dozens of positive studies showing that PRP works, the average physician might say, “Why is this a big deal?” After all, we physicians are used to scenarios where most of the research is positive with a handful of negative…read more
More Fake PRP Studies
I’ve covered a few different “PRP” studies that didn’t actually use real PRP. However, none were as ridiculous as a study that was recently published in JAMA on knee arthritis. Let’s dig in. When is PRP not PRP? PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. The idea is supposed to be that PRP concentrates platelets many times…read more
Being Thankful For Your Shoes
This is the week to give thanks for all that we have. Today we’ll look at an Olympian who was thankful for two mismatched shoes. Let’s dig in. It’s Almost Hard to Conceptualize the Past in Terms of Today Just a century ago, Americans had far less. Most were thankful for a good pair of…read more
