The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Jugular Vein Compression Due to the Neck and CCI
Can your neck compress critical blood vessels and cause other symptoms? Yes, it can and one of the most common causes is Craniocervical Instability or CCI causing C2 to compress the internal Jugular Vein. What is Jugular Vein Compression? How exactly does it happen? What can be done? Let’s dig in. What Is the Jugular…read more
Profiting from Amnio, Exosomes, and Umbilical Cord Products Right Up to the Wire and Beyond
With the FDA enforcement discretion period rapidly coming to a close, how are some of the bad actors responding? After investigating this, it’s a mix of retreating, garbled messages, and business as usual. In addition, like a game of telephone, the sales reps are making up all sorts of crazy stuff. Let’s dig in. The…read more Understanding Functional Levels in CCI
Our Colorado HQ has become a worldwide treatment site to help Craniocervical Instability patients avoid invasive fusion surgery. In decades of treating these patients, I’ve noticed that patients with this condition have very different levels. To ensure that everyone’s on the same page in understanding which type of patient is being treated, I’ve developed my…read more
Weed and Procedure Complications
I live in Colorado, which was one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana (MJ). One of the trends we’ve seen for years is that marijuana products increase the amount of anesthesia it takes to get someone to sleep. Now there’s research showing that there is a relationship between these products and problems with…read more FDA Confirms Position Against Birth Tissue Medicare Q-code Billing
You may be wondering why I’m spending so much time blogging about Medicare Q-codes and shady birth tissue vendors. Simply put, because it’s easily the biggest story in Regen Med of the decade. This could also be one of the biggest potential Medicare fraud recoveries in the history of the program. This past week it…read more Whiplash Leads to More Long-term Pain at 20 Years
Does getting a neck injury in a car crash, even if it heals, cause long-term problems? That’s what a recent study set out to determine. Let’s dig in. WAD More than 20 years ago, some Canadian researchers in Quebec (QTF or Quebec Task Force) came up with the term “WAD” which means “Whiplash Associated Disorders”…read more
