Cellular Orthopedics Blog
News from the Interventional Orthopedic Foundation Meeting Continued
My last Blog brought you greetings and discussed some of the issues reviewed at the first meeting of the Interventional Orthopedic Foundation. This not for profit foundation was founded to help facilitate the transfer of scientific regenerative medicine developments...
News from the Interventional Orthopedics Foundation
In spite of what a patient may be told by the physician and what salesmen tell the doctors, research by the Interventional Orthopedics Foundation laboratories found no viable stem cells in Amniotic Fluid Concentrate once shock thawed. While there may have been living...
Orthobiologics as practiced by an Orthopedic Surgeon
Autograft is a tissue or organ that is grafted into a new position in or on the body of the individual from whom it was removed; whereas allograft is the transplantation of tissue taken from one individual to another. Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate is an autograft...
Tissue Regeneration for Arthritis
Tissue Regeneration has become the new standard for Grades 2 and 3 arthritis. Three years ago, I anticipated the future recognizing that the risks of joint replacement surgery were not fully taken into account when a surgeon recommended a new hip, knee or shoulder....
Interventional Orthopedic Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Why our Regenerative Medicine/Interventional Orthopedic clinical practice is where you should consult before undergoing a Cellular Medicine intervention: I am an orthopedic surgeon, Professor Emeritus at Rush, who for 37 years, performed Joint Replacement Surgery for...
What’s Available for Treating Degenerative Arthritis through Interventional Orthopedics
As I have previously indicated in my Blog, the world of Cellular Orthopedics is growing at an exponential pace. Evidence Based Medicine supports weight reduction, physical therapy, anti-inflammatories, analgesics, and cortisone injections for symptomatic relief....
What causes the pain in degenerative arthritis?
An all too common practice today is when the surgeon looks at your X-ray, tells you that you have “Bone on Bone “ and that you need a Total Joint Replacement. There is little discussion of the risks and the potential of an unsatisfactory result. The patient looks for...
Cellular Orthopedics is here to stay
In the last week, I have become aware of four companies developing new regenerative medicine product for Musculoskeletal Care of the Aging Athlete. What I find extremely interesting is the fact that three years ago, when I entered the practice of using bone marrow...
When Aging Athletes Wait Too Long to Hang It Up
The PERSPECTIVE section of the Chicago Tribune / Wednesday, February 11, 2015 ran the headline and an article written by Gerald D Skoning. It was well thought out, I have kept the page on my desk since February thinking that this was a marvelous subject for me to Blog...
Innovations in Regenerative Medicine
In the field of Orthobiologics, the introduction of new product and possibility is continuous. The challenge to the clinician is to adopt a clinical approach based on scientific proof and clinical data; not marketing hype and anecdote. Regenexx, where I have been...
The Rational for Subchondroplasty
In a more recent understanding of the arthritic joint, science now tells us that it is not only loss of cartilage that leads to pain, loss of motion, altered function and a progressive downhill course; but rather an involvement of the entire joint as well as the bone...
Fox News Segment: Regenexx + Subchondroplasty
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - What if you could have the benefit of a total knee replacement, without going under the knife? A Chicago surgeon is performing a new procedure that he says can delay, and possibly even eliminate, joint replacements while avoiding major surgery....