Orthopedics
March 3, 2022
The immune system and bone regeneration
Growing up as a student athlete in Cincinnati, Joe Panos had more than his fair share of visits to the orthopedist for sports injuries. The care he received for conditions ranging from pitcher’s elbow to soccer sprains so impressed him that he vowed one day to be the physician instead of the patient. Now Panos, […]
Tags: #BMP-2 growth factor, #bone regeneration, #Dr. Christopher Evans, #Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #ON Foundation, #Orthoregeneration Award
December 23, 2021
Identifying best candidates with avascular necrosis for regenerative alternative to hip replacement
A regenerative alternative to total hip replacement delayed the need for artificial implants by at least seven years for 35% of patients who had surgery to treat avascular necrosis. That condition occurs when blood flow to the hip joint known as the femoral head is constricted, causing bone cells to die. This Mayo Clinic research, […]
Tags: #Avascular hip necrosis, #Dr. Rafael Sierra, #hip decompression surgery, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #osteonecrosis, #total hip replacement
October 28, 2021
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine position on regenerative medicine
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has released a position statement to guide responsible use of regenerative interventions when standard care doesn’t provide relief. The statement recommends key scientific and ethical considerations when prescribing regenerative medicine procedures. The position statement published in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine emphasizes safety, scientific validation, ethics and […]
Tags: #American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, #Dr. Shane Shapiro, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #platelet rich plasma, #sports medicine
June 17, 2021
Could regenerative medicine relieve neck, back pain?
Mayo Clinic is looking to regenerative medicine as a potential long-term solution for degenerative disk disease that has for years eluded medical science. Millions of people in the U.S. are afflicted with chronic neck and back pain that often comes after years of wear and tear on the spine. Current treatments provide only temporary relief […]
Tags: #back and neck pain, #bone marrow aspirate concentrate, #Center for Regenerative Medicine, #degenerative disk disease, #Dr. Wenchun Qu, #platelet rich plasma
February 25, 2021
From advanced-practice provider to regenerative medicine innovator
It’s not often that an advanced-practice provider is the teacher and a physician is the student. What some may consider a role reversal is one of many ways that Jennifer Arthurs, a nurse practitioner for Mayo Clinic’s Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites in Florida, is at the vanguard of a new wave in medical practice. Regenerative […]
Tags: #bone marrow aspirate concentrate, #Dr. Shane Shapiro, #Jennifer Arthurs, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #Mayo Clinic Regenerative Medicine Therapeutic Suites, #platelet rich plasma, #Regenerative Medicine Patient Consult Service
December 30, 2020
Pioneering living donor cartilage transplants
Mayo Clinic is poised to establish what is believed to be the first-ever living cartilage donor bank to provide a new regenerative option for healing common knee injuries. That donor bank will lay the foundation for living donor musculoskeletal tissue transplants — a first at Mayo Clinic and possibly in the world — to help […]
Tags: #cartilage defects, #Dr. Daniel Saris, #Dr. Mario Hevesi, #knee replacement surgery, #Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, #osteo chondral allograft transplant, Dr. Aaron Krych