The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Blog covering topics and research in interventional orthobiologics, interventional orthopedics, and orthopedic procedures.
Major Medicare CAC Meeting on Amniotic for Orthopedic Use
As I’ve been writing for some time now, Medicare has now caught up to the dangerous game being sold by sales reps that physicians can bill Medicare for amniotic products used to treat orthopedic indications. As concrete proof of that, we have a major Medicare CAC meeting coming up in a few weeks on this…read more
Learning About the Stages of Healing: The Curious Case of My Wife’s Fracture and PRP
Months ago, my wife tripped over our dog and fractured her fibula. After 6 weeks in a cast, she had only a partially healed bone and continued epic swelling in the leg. Hence I decided to inject PRP and all of the swelling in the leg vanished within 12 hours. What can that teach us…read more
When Minimally Invasive Meets Stupid
This will be a short one this morning focused on the famous quote that showed up in the first Jurassic Park movie. The idea that just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. Let’s dig in. Could and Should Medicine has evolved to the point where we can now do lots of stuff to lots…read more iDrip Stem Cells: This Is So Illegal…
If you could design a stem cell product sales campaign to be maximally illegal, then IMHO a company called iDrip has got you covered. These guys are selling culture-expanded umbilical cord “stem cells” directly to providers. Let dig in. What Is iDrip Therapy? iDrip Therapy is a company out of Pheonix, Arizona that was begun…read more Being Productively Stupid in Medicine Means Getting to Cures Quicker
How do we make doctors and scientists better critical thinkers? By getting them comfortable with the idea that being stupid about a topic is OK and even desirable if it’s managed the right way. In fact, many of the problems in medicine can be traced back to physicians not being comfortable with the idea of…read more
Mark Twain Nailed What Regen Med Has Become Back at the Turn of the 20th Century!
Twain is one of my favorite historical figures and most likely the funniest serious author that ever lived. I often remark how hard it is to undo a lie than it is to lie in the first place. For example, the simple assertion that someone is being injected with millions of live and healthy stem…read more
