Cellular Orthopedics Blog
Autologous Regenerative Therapies
You may have seen this subject matter before but research and everyday experience reminds me that one has to hear the informed consent three times for the best retention. Clinical translation of regenerative medicine technologies requires a source of stem and...
Regenerative Therapies: How We Might do Even Better
Bob Dylan released his third studio album The Times They Are A-Changin’ in 1964; but history was in a constant state of flux before and Regenerative Medicine continues to evolve. While I am concerned about devolution in our civility and world; that’s outside the scope...
When knee pain doesn’t come from the knee
Last week, a patient presented with intractable right sided knee pain of five days duration following a fall in his home. I evaluated him and found no swelling, no limitation in the range of motion, no tenderness, no instability and no bruising. I caused an X-ray to...
Cartilage repair revisited
Articulate cartilage has little to no capacity to undergo spontaneous repair because it has no blood supply nor is it able to regenerate across a physical gap. In order to restore cartilage in a skeletally mature patient, there is a need for outside help. In some...
Health Care-Practice Guidelines and Grades of Recommendation must be based on Levels of Evidence and not anecdote or personal; that’s why I recommend what I do
Patients should participate in strengthening, low-impact aerobic exercises, and neuromuscular education; and engage in physical activity. Rationale: This recommendation is rated strong because of seven high-strength studies of which five showed beneficial outcomes....
Why the need for restoration of articular cartilage
Cartilage damage may result from trauma, repetitive motion/impact, abrupt abnormal weight bearing, fractures, wear/degeneration, joint infection, meniscectomy, friction/abrasion due to abnormal joint alignment, inflammatory diseases or a genetic predisposition to...
Continuing Cartilage Restoration Education
Physicians should be in a constant state of education to keep their skills and knowledge at the forefront so that their patients get the best care possible. At the same time, I personally have devoted over 40 years to integrating patient care with research and...
On Published Regenerative Medicine Articles in Scientific Journals
In a commercial advertisement appearing on page 3 of the Monday, March 14, 2016 Chicago Tribune, a claim by the Osteo Relief Institute bases, in part, the validity of a “cutting-edge” treatment-Viscosupplementation intervention-on an article published in the Journal...
Don’t Fall Victim to The Stem Cell “Learning Curve”
The 2016 annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons has ended and the Orthopedic Surgical community is now very aware of what we have been accomplishing in Cellular Orthopedics for almost four years. In Orlando, Orthopedic Surgeons, “Camp...
False Stem Cell Promises
I haven’t yet heard or read the Thursday Mitt Romney speech as I write this Blog, but as long as the terms Fraud, False Promises, Uninformed, etc. will be headline news this afternoon and all over television tonight, I thought I would expand the theme to which I read...
An exclusive interview with a Cellular Orthopedic Pioneer
While skiing last week in Vail, Colorado, I had the opportunity to sit down with Mitchell Sheinkop, MD, Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, to learn about the emerging field of Interventional...
Stem cells and Statin recommendations during stem cell procedures
Owing to the broad indications for statin medications, an ever increasing number of patients are using these therapies. Certainly, there is a benefit to statin use as a means of decreasing cardiovascular disease; but by the same token, there is the observation of...