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The Interventional Orthobiologics Blog
Is your sciatica causing your knee problem?
A doctor discusses the origin of arthritis and new research on arthritis.
Surgery for torn knee ligaments and meniscus may improve short-term outcomes, but it did not prevent development of osteoarthritis
A doctor discusses a Dutch study showing that orthopedic knee surgery to repair ligaments and meniscus failed to prevent the development of knee arthritis.
Another hip stem cell success story…
A doctor reports on a hip arthritis patient's positive changes in activity after the injection of her own cultured stem cells into the hip rather than hip replacement surgery.
A High Dose Narcotic for Moderate Knee Arthritis??
A doctor discusses the use of narcotics in patients with chronic arthritis pain.
Changes to Candidacy Rating based on Review of Data from 112 Knee Patients
A doctor discusses who is or is not a good candidate for a stem cell injection into the knee to treat knee arthritis.
Stem cells injected to treat thumb arthritis
A doctor discusses a surgical alternative to surgery for blackberry thumb, texting thumb, or thumb or wrist arthritis. Rather than surgery, the patient's own stem cells are injected into the joint, with very limited downtime or splinting.
Removing the Trapezium Bone to Help Thumb Arthritis?
A doctor discusses how removing the trapezium bone to help thumb arthritis may be a bad idea.
