Aug 7, 2015 | elbow, surgery, Uncategorized |
Tommy John surgery is known in medical practice as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction and is common among athletes. The procedure was first performed in 1974, and is named after the first baseball player to undergo the surgery, major league pitcher Tommy...
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...
Aug 6, 2015 | hip, platelet rich plasma (PRP), Regenexx SCP, surgery, Uncategorized |
Hip surgery for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is incredibly common. All surgery creates a huge demand for healing. A recent study looks at whether adding platelet-rich plasma (PRP) at the end of hip arthroscopy improves surgical outcomes. PRP is made by...
Aug 6, 2015 | hip, surgery, Uncategorized |
Many studies show severe complications as a result of metal-on-metal hip replacement, but many patients continue to sign up for this surgery. A recent study shows high rates of psuedotumor formation in patients who have received metal-on-metal hip-replacement devices....
Jul 2, 2015 | rotator cuff, shoulder, structural model of pain, surgery, Uncategorized |
The concept that a structural change such as a rotator cuff tear seen on MRI is causing pain is ingrained in modern medical thought. Doctors and patients alike believe this, but the validity of the concept is questionable. A recent shoulder study that shows that pain...
Jun 30, 2015 | arthritis, back, surgery, Uncategorized |
What are your spinal stenosis options? Should you have surgery? The past five to 10 years have been tough for some surgeons. Study after study shows that many common surgeries to repair joint or spine problems don’t work when the surgeries are tested against either a...
