Aug 7, 2015 | ankle & foot, interventional orthopedics, Regenexx SD+, surgery, Uncategorized |
Interventional orthopedics allows doctors to use exacting injection techniques to replace invasive surgeries with innovative and less invasive procedures. The patient was a Cirque du Soleil performer with a nasty cartilage lesion in the tibial (top) part of her main...
Jun 25, 2015 | hip, hip labrum, Regenexx SD+, surgery, Uncategorized |
Is it possible to obtain the same results as hip labrum surgery without going under the knife? Precise platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem-cell injections have been used by Regenexx doctors for some years to treat hip labral tears, with promising outcomes reported as...
Jun 18, 2015 | ACL, athlete, knee, Regenexx SD+, Uncategorized |
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of two main stabilizing ligaments in the knee. It joins the upper leg bone with the lower leg bone. When the ACL gets torn the patient often hears a pop, and the tear will be visible on a later MRI. Surgical reconstruction...
Jun 9, 2015 | fracture, Regenexx SD+, shoulder, Uncategorized |
Fractures normally heal, but when they don’t, it can be a mess. When a fracture doesn’t heal, it’s called a non-union or a delayed-union fracture. Most commonly, surgery is used to place a bone graft or some bio material in the fractured area, and electromagnetic bone...
Apr 9, 2015 | knee, meniscus, Regenexx, Regenexx SD+, Uncategorized |
The research that has supported using surgery to treat meniscus tears is collapsing. Study after study shows that this common surgery doesn’t work and likely sets up patients for more problems down the road. There is one type of meniscus tear, however, that has been...
