Cellular Orthopedics Blog
Stem Cells and Trauma
Today, I saw a patient in follow-up who had been the subject of a prior Blog. About Nine months ago, she had been involved in a very serious motor vehicle accident sustaining a comminuted (many pieces) fracture-dislocation of her talus (ankle bone), calcaneus (heel...
Paying Till It Hurts
The headline above is taken from an article written in the Sunday New York Times Health section by Elisabeth Rosenthal and appearing on the front page. The article is based on the experience of a man who was covered by health insurance but excluded his degenerative...
Looking Back and Looking Ahead at Stem Cell Research
I had cause recently to review our application for The Autologous Bone Marrow Concentrate Outcomes Research Project that was approved by the Institutional Review Board on March 9, 2012. The Clinical Study Background stated, “ While the knowledge of cellular and...
Outcomes Before and After Total Knee Replacement Compared to Stem Cells
Total Knee Replacement (TKR) is routinely performed to alleviate pain associated with Osteoarthritis of the knee. The number of such replacements will continue to increase as I indicated in last week’s Blog. Part of the explanation is increasing obesity and in part...
The Case for Stem Cells before a Total Joint Replacement
The above chart represents the number of total joint replacements projected to take place in the upcoming years. Now factor in a survivorship of 20 years for patients over age 70 and 15 years or less for patients at age 55 and you will begin to understand the...
On stem cells and the tour de July 4th weekend
Actually in addition to cycling, there was fly-fishing before or after our five stages. Ken, Mickey and Bob were part of our tour as well. The stages took us thru the Driftless area of Southwestern Wisconsin, up and down the Ocooch Mountains. While not quite the Col...
On Bartolo Colon, his shoulder and stem cell therapy
My wife and I celebrated our anniversary with a trip to her brother and sister-in-law in the East Bay just South of Walnut Creek, California. After a Thursday of Wine tasting in the Livermore wine country and fine dining in San Francisco, Friday was at the health...
A Patient Shares Their Stem Cell Success Story
Mitch - I think you can count me among your successes. It's truly amazing to me that you were so deft in choosing appropriate treatments for me. I've been freely sharing (boasting) of my treatments and recovery details. Last evening Nancy had her book group here,...
USA Today article suggests many knee replacement surgeries are unnecessary
A June 21, 2013, article argues that between 10 to 20% of knee replacement surgeries done in the US are unnecessary. The conclusions are based on their own review of studies generated by both government and academic sources. Included in the six common surgeries often...
What Did I Learn in Los Angeles Regarding Stem Cells?
One year ago, a question was posted on the Internet; do stem cell interventions have to approach the success of total joint replacements to become a viable option in the treatment of arthritis? My presentation in Los Angeles, June 7, was based on my first year...
Current Stem Cell Outcome Report
Ranging from great to very good. My practice is to follow- up all of my patients at fixed intervals whenever possible so I might monitor results and intervene on a timely basis should I conclude that a booster would be beneficial. To help assess all patients at the...
The Who, What, Why, When, Where and How of stem cells
Who: the patient with symptomatic osteoarthritis of a joint with mild to moderate but not advanced clinical deformity who is not ready for a joint replacement. At times, there may be an indication for a preventive intervention even in the case of minimal symptoms as...