Sprifermin: Another Shot at Joint Preservation
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Glycation and Rotator Cuff Degeneration
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Stop Adding Antibiotics to Irrigation Solutions
The rate of adoption of knowledge gleaned from multiple well-done randomized clinical trials into medical practice is disappointingly slow. This …
Who Doesn’t Have a Screw Loose?
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Delaying Knee Replacement: Driven to Distraction?
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Placenta-Derived Cells Give Short-term Boost to Tendon Repair
From journal articles to nightly news segments, it’s hard to avoid the barrage of information related to the use of …
Stemming the Tide of Stem Cell Hype
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Subacromial Balloon May Benefit Irreparable Cuff Tears
The surgical options for treating irreparable tears of the supraspinatus—cuff reconstruction, tendon transfers, and shoulder replacement—are limited and complicated. But …
Meniscal Extrusions: Imaging and Repair
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …