More on stem cells increase knee joint width in patient with severe arthritis…

A doctor discusses how injecting stem cells into a knee with arthritis may make the meniscus bigger. Sophisticated MRI evidence is reviewed.

Making Meniscus Tissue Better with Stem Cells

A doctor discusses MRI evidence of making meniscus tissue better with stem cell injections.

Increased Knee Joint Width after Stem Cells

A doctor reviews MRI images showing better width in an arthritic knee after stem cell injections.

Hyaline Cartilage Created by Platelets and Stem cells

Stem cells repair cartilage knee injuries.

Making the Grade…

Like any procedure, the Regenexx-C procedure works better in some patients than in others.  We have always provided prospective grading of candidacy.  What does this mean?  It means that we obtain basic information about the patient and ask to review films to determine the severity of their disease.  We compare that severity to our clinical…read more

Treatments for knee cartilage lesions

As part of the imaging follow-up series on our current patients, this morning I present the before and after MRI’s of CH.  These are axial (saw you in half views) of the knee.  The knee cap is labeled.  The dashed circle in the before image on the left “BEFORE” images show a ragged appearance of…read more

What does the knee meniscus do?

A doctor explains knee meniscus function in terms of stem cell repair of the meniscus.

Cartilage is “Alive”…

I’ve been spending time catching up on imaging analysis of our >12 month research patient follow-ups (mostly 1-2 years out from their procedure), so expect to see more posted here this next few days-weeks. The cartilage in the knee is interesting stuff.  It’s made of cells that were once thought to be just inert material…read more