Knee Replacement Going to Biological Regeneration
Knee Replacement Going from Bionic to Biological
In 1996 my son, (living in Tarpon Springs), told me about two young doctors who were into the latest technology involving DNA and biological implants. It amounted to using your own cartilage. Taking that sample and growing it in a lab, to be used to implant them into the knee with no cartilage. This knowledge led me to have a swab of cotton rubbed on the inside of my cheek to be used to develop a DNA research paper on my individual DNA features. This 32 page report could be used by a doctor to know in advance what prescription or recreational drugs would do in my body. All doctors could access that document with a special pin number.
This same procedure was followed on my son (now 45-years-old) and his son (now 13 years old). It was then that I discussed the idea of biological methods of dealing with the problems of the elderly with knees, hips and back problems. They informed me of doctors who were able to perform these implants and had done so successfully on 9600 patients without any failures.
Think of it, no anesthesia, no long rehabilitation and out-patient recovery. Yes, just a needle and you’re on your way. The Senior Tennis League has had many members undergo bionic replacement with much pain and an end to their days on the tennis court. Most doctors haven’t even heard of the biological replacement. Now, we find that today’s news (2/8/11) reveals this as a new method of knee replacement. It’s not new, it’s just about those who are in the know and those that don’t research the availability of better ways to treat the problem. The Northeastern United States has long been known as the most conservative area of the world when it comes to health care. If you need a new knee, try Florida. It’s progressive, because the people there are usually older and better-prepared financially and intellectually to try something new.
My latest experience with a STL member is that he was told that his knee replacement will end his love of tennis. I hope that he gets the latest information on what is available with the least amount of invasive surgery.
Ironically, the success of this biological implant turned out to be due to a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Missouri. He watched his granddad suffer the consequences of several surgeries, including one of the first knee replacements. Dr. James Cook said that he and a team member were on the brink of changing the way that human knees are replaced. The goal Cook said, "is to put the plastic and metal joints out of business." He want to take the joint replacement business from bionic to biological. The concept? Biological cartilage, specifically grown from stem cells outside the body and then shaped for insertion into the knee. Dr. James Cook, 45 has successfully performed the procedure on dogs. The research, the result of 11 years of work, recently was written up in the medical journal, Lancet.
Horses who couldn't’t stand were treated with the implants and went on to win races. You see, there is a lot of money on the line to keep a well-bred horse in the running. On the other hand, there is a lot of money in the surgical procedure performed on humans. That’s a lobby that’s hard to fight. The FDA usually stays with the political approach when deciding to make a decision allowing a new approach that would go against the grain of "freedom of speech" money in duffel bags to support their key interests. After all it was the same FDA that prevented people from knowing the many benefits from aspirin in 1983. My doctor didn’t find out about it until 2003.
My latest research shows that a Doctor in Miami is using the procedure using blood from the patient, reduced to platelets and then using a syringe. In and out and walk about. The doctor has had no complaints and my friend’s stepfather is in his 80s. Knowledge is power and you are the recipient of a "Practice" that will either heal you or simply cost a lot and all for nought. I have watched tennis players go through the bionic procedure for more than three decades. One woman said, "Stan, I’d rather go through child birth than what I have been through with my knee replacement. That was not her first and wouldn’t be her last. And so I try to help you get the facts, Mam, just the facts.
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons considers knee replacements one of the most important advances of the last century. In the United States 581,000 procedures a year are performed. How many of those were successful? How many of them were 2nd and 3rd attempts to resolve the knee issue?
Dr. Cook said he thought that biological replacements would last longer, be more flexible and give the patient a better quality of life. The process involves taking a patient’s own cells and then mold it to a knee.
"The whole field of biological joint replacement is beginning to grow and many doctors haven’t heard about it," says Kevin Stone, who has been doing a limited form of biological repair at his San Francisco clinic for a decade.
In 1996 my son, (living in Tarpon Springs), told me about two young doctors who were into the latest technology involving DNA and biological implants. It amounted to using your own cartilage. Taking that sample and growing it in a lab, to be used to implant them into the knee with no cartilage. This knowledge led me to have a swab of cotton rubbed on the inside of my cheek to be used to develop a DNA research paper on my individual DNA features. This 32 page report could be used by a doctor to know in advance what prescription or recreational drugs would do in my body. All doctors could access that document with a special pin number.
This same procedure was followed on my son (now 45-years-old) and his son (now 13 years old). It was then that I discussed the idea of biological methods of dealing with the problems of the elderly with knees, hips and back problems. They informed me of doctors who were able to perform these implants and had done so successfully on 9600 patients without any failures.
Think of it, no anesthesia, no long rehabilitation and out-patient recovery. Yes, just a needle and you’re on your way. The Senior Tennis League has had many members undergo bionic replacement with much pain and an end to their days on the tennis court. Most doctors haven’t even heard of the biological replacement. Now, we find that today’s news (2/8/11) reveals this as a new method of knee replacement. It’s not new, it’s just about those who are in the know and those that don’t research the availability of better ways to treat the problem. The Northeastern United States has long been known as the most conservative area of the world when it comes to health care. If you need a new knee, try Florida. It’s progressive, because the people there are usually older and better-prepared financially and intellectually to try something new.
My latest experience with a STL member is that he was told that his knee replacement will end his love of tennis. I hope that he gets the latest information on what is available with the least amount of invasive surgery.
Ironically, the success of this biological implant turned out to be due to a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Missouri. He watched his granddad suffer the consequences of several surgeries, including one of the first knee replacements. Dr. James Cook said that he and a team member were on the brink of changing the way that human knees are replaced. The goal Cook said, "is to put the plastic and metal joints out of business." He want to take the joint replacement business from bionic to biological. The concept? Biological cartilage, specifically grown from stem cells outside the body and then shaped for insertion into the knee. Dr. James Cook, 45 has successfully performed the procedure on dogs. The research, the result of 11 years of work, recently was written up in the medical journal, Lancet.
Horses who couldn't’t stand were treated with the implants and went on to win races. You see, there is a lot of money on the line to keep a well-bred horse in the running. On the other hand, there is a lot of money in the surgical procedure performed on humans. That’s a lobby that’s hard to fight. The FDA usually stays with the political approach when deciding to make a decision allowing a new approach that would go against the grain of "freedom of speech" money in duffel bags to support their key interests. After all it was the same FDA that prevented people from knowing the many benefits from aspirin in 1983. My doctor didn’t find out about it until 2003.
My latest research shows that a Doctor in Miami is using the procedure using blood from the patient, reduced to platelets and then using a syringe. In and out and walk about. The doctor has had no complaints and my friend’s stepfather is in his 80s. Knowledge is power and you are the recipient of a "Practice" that will either heal you or simply cost a lot and all for nought. I have watched tennis players go through the bionic procedure for more than three decades. One woman said, "Stan, I’d rather go through child birth than what I have been through with my knee replacement. That was not her first and wouldn’t be her last. And so I try to help you get the facts, Mam, just the facts.
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons considers knee replacements one of the most important advances of the last century. In the United States 581,000 procedures a year are performed. How many of those were successful? How many of them were 2nd and 3rd attempts to resolve the knee issue?
Dr. Cook said he thought that biological replacements would last longer, be more flexible and give the patient a better quality of life. The process involves taking a patient’s own cells and then mold it to a knee.
"The whole field of biological joint replacement is beginning to grow and many doctors haven’t heard about it," says Kevin Stone, who has been doing a limited form of biological repair at his San Francisco clinic for a decade.
If we can continue to prove the safety & efficacy of this biological joint replacement strategy, then we can get approval for use of this technology for joint replacement in humans," Dr. Cook said.
Dr. Cook is collaborating with a tissue regeneration research team led by Professor Jeremy Mao at Columbia University as well as a lab at Clemson University. For more information you may want to contact Doctor Alilorad Farschian who has successfully been performing the biological joint regeneration for more than 13 years.
Dr. Alilorad Farshchian 1 (305) 866-8384
9573 Harding Avenue
Miami Beach Fl 33154
Web site: http://www.arthritisusa.com/
Dr. Cook is collaborating with a tissue regeneration research team led by Professor Jeremy Mao at Columbia University as well as a lab at Clemson University. For more information you may want to contact Doctor Alilorad Farschian who has successfully been performing the biological joint regeneration for more than 13 years.
Dr. Alilorad Farshchian 1 (305) 866-8384
9573 Harding Avenue
Miami Beach Fl 33154
Web site: http://www.arthritisusa.com/
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