• Had the pleasure of draining 23 mLs of blood from the prepatellar bursa in a police officer recruit after mild trauma to the knee while training. We also put a little prolotherapy in the bursa to help calm down the negative inflammation. #keepup #orthopedics
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    Had the pleasure of draining 23 mLs of blood from the prepatellar bursa in a police officer recruit after mild trauma to the knee while training. We also put a little prolotherapy in the bursa to help calm down the negative inflammation. #keepup #orthopedics
  • Good find @the_dr_robo!! A new study showing that asymptotic patients (115 patients with no pain or symptoms) who got MRI of their knees and 97% had an abnormality present (meniscus tears, cartilage and bone swelling). Treat the patient and not the MRI for sure! #keepup #orthopedics
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    Good find @the_dr_robo!! A new study showing that asymptotic patients (115 patients with no pain or symptoms) who got MRI of their knees and 97% had an abnormality present (meniscus tears, cartilage and bone swelling). Treat the patient and not the MRI for sure! #keepup #orthopedics
  • Great study published by my Colorado family in treating rotator cuff tears with bone marrow concentrate stem cells and PRP with platelet lysate. The trial compared stem cell therapy to exercise and showed for half of the patients (25 patients) at the 2 year mark, the cellular treatment group reported an 89% improvement. The complete study (for all 50 patients) will also have post treatment MRI results published as well for most of the patients also. Congrats on the publication @drugochi !! #keepup #prp #stemcells #regenerativemedicine #rotatorcuff #orthopedics #regenexx
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    Great study published by my Colorado family in treating rotator cuff tears with bone marrow concentrate stem cells and PRP with platelet lysate. The trial compared stem cell therapy to exercise and showed for half of the patients (25 patients) at the 2 year mark, the cellular treatment group reported an 89% improvement. The complete study (for all 50 patients) will also have post treatment MRI results published as well for most of the patients also. Congrats on the publication @drugochi !! #keepup #prp #stemcells #regenerativemedicine #rotatorcuff #orthopedics #regenexx
  • Nicely done randomized trial (Level-1) comparing LP-PRP to hyaluronic acid and saline for mild to moderate knee arthritis, 87 knees were treated. Significant improvement in pain and function were only seen out to 12 months in the PRP group. They only used 1.8x PRP also, which was interesting. More evidence to support PRP as a treatment after for knee arthritis after conservative measures have failed. #keepup #orthopedics #prp #kneearthritis #kneepain #regenerativemedicine @njregenerativeinstitute @dr.markle @drugochi @otonosilvamd @flstemcelldocs @lovehealthdoc @the_dr_robo @stemcelldrpatel @socalstemcelldoc
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    Nicely done randomized trial (Level-1) comparing LP-PRP to hyaluronic acid and saline for mild to moderate knee arthritis, 87 knees were treated. Significant improvement in pain and function were only seen out to 12 months in the PRP group. They only used 1.8x PRP also, which was interesting. More evidence to support PRP as a treatment after for knee arthritis after conservative measures have failed. #keepup #orthopedics #prp #kneearthritis #kneepain #regenerativemedicine @njregenerativeinstitute @dr.markle @drugochi @otonosilvamd @flstemcelldocs @lovehealthdoc @the_dr_robo @stemcelldrpatel @socalstemcelldoc
  • New Year, new research study! Interesting study looking at how effective single versus multiple PRP injections for knee arthritis. They compared 5 studies done on 301 patients showing that single injections was just as effective as multiple injections (2 or 3) for pain reduction at 6 months. However, 3 injections were more effective at improving function of the knee! None of the studies were done exactly the same and used different versions of PRP, so definitely more research needs to be done on this topic. For now I will likely stick to single PRP injections for knee arthritis. #keepup #orthopedics #prp #regenerativemedicine #kneearthritis #kneepain @drugochi @otonosilvamd @stemcelldrpatel @socalstemcelldoc @lovehealthdoc @dr.markle @dr.akhan @njregenerativeinstitute @flregendoc
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    New Year, new research study! Interesting study looking at how effective single versus multiple PRP injections for knee arthritis. They compared 5 studies done on 301 patients showing that single injections was just as effective as multiple injections (2 or 3) for pain reduction at 6 months. However, 3 injections were more effective at improving function of the knee! None of the studies were done exactly the same and used different versions of PRP, so definitely more research needs to be done on this topic. For now I will likely stick to single PRP injections for knee arthritis. #keepup #orthopedics #prp #regenerativemedicine #kneearthritis #kneepain @drugochi @otonosilvamd @stemcelldrpatel @socalstemcelldoc @lovehealthdoc @dr.markle @dr.akhan @njregenerativeinstitute @flregendoc
  • This is a great letter to the editor as a response to a recent study that was published. The letter is written by Gerald Malanga and several other leaders in the field of Orthobiologics. The study discussed was a Level I (highest quality for research) randomized trial comparing PRP to saline for shoulder rotator cuff tears. At 7 months they didn’t find a significant difference between the two groups in pain and size of the tears, meaning that those who got saline injections did just well as the those who got PRP injections. However, as mentioned in the letter, the researchers failed to mention what type of PRP was used (concentration, presence of leukocytes and red blood cells). The system they used is known to concentrate PRP to only 1.7 times the normal blood platelet level! Saying that dilute PRP works no better than saline is similar to saying that a mustang is not faster than a corolla! What year is the mustang and corolla? What’s the engine size? Etc...details matter! But what do I know??? I’m just a doctor from the south...lol #keepup #orthopedics #prp #rotatorcuff #orthopedics #regenerativemedicine @njregenerativeinstitute @dr.markle @drugochi @dr_loch @dr.akhan @otonosilvamd @stemcelldrpatel @socalstemcelldoc @lovehealthdoc
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    This is a great letter to the editor as a response to a recent study that was published. The letter is written by Gerald Malanga and several other leaders in the field of Orthobiologics. The study discussed was a Level I (highest quality for research) randomized trial comparing PRP to saline for shoulder rotator cuff tears. At 7 months they didn’t find a significant difference between the two groups in pain and size of the tears, meaning that those who got saline injections did just well as the those who got PRP injections. However, as mentioned in the letter, the researchers failed to mention what type of PRP was used (concentration, presence of leukocytes and red blood cells). The system they used is known to concentrate PRP to only 1.7 times the normal blood platelet level! Saying that dilute PRP works no better than saline is similar to saying that a mustang is not faster than a corolla! What year is the mustang and corolla? What’s the engine size? Etc...details matter! But what do I know??? I’m just a doctor from the south...lol #keepup #orthopedics #prp #rotatorcuff #orthopedics #regenerativemedicine @njregenerativeinstitute @dr.markle @drugochi @dr_loch @dr.akhan @otonosilvamd @stemcelldrpatel @socalstemcelldoc @lovehealthdoc