Dec 10, 2015 | hip, hip labrum, structural model of pain, surgery, Uncategorized |
The concept that hip labrum tears cause pain is relatively new in medicine. Despite that, the number of arthroscopic hip surgeries to treat hip labrum tears and impingement have exploded in the past five years. Have physicians become too zealous? A patient I evaluated...
Dec 10, 2015 | back, surgery, Uncategorized |
A patient recently reported to her Regenexx doctor that she had spoken to people at a clinic called “North American Spine” and had been told that there was zero percent chance of her getting worse after a minimally invasive surgical procedure. That the clinic refused...
Dec 10, 2015 | hip, replacement, surgery, Uncategorized |
Beginning in the 1970s, doctors started putting all sorts of stuff into our bodies—pacemakers, valves, stents, artificial joints, etc. These were hailed as modern medical miracles when they first appeared on the scene, but what if the stuff they were made of is toxic...
Oct 6, 2015 | hip, knee, surgery, Uncategorized |
In the wake of all the studies demonstrating the incidence of serious risks and complications associated with hip- or knee-replacement surgery, a current study finds that men experience a much greater risk of heart attack following surgery for total hip or knee...
Sep 25, 2015 | knee, surgery, Uncategorized |
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of fat based on an individual’s height and weight. Based on simple physics, patients with a higher body mass index (BMI) put more physical stress on their knees. Depuy Orthopaedics, a manufacturer of knee-replacement prostheses, paid...