Dr. Roddy McGee

“In the particular study that I'm thinking of, they had, you know, 73% of the patients that received PRP had relief of their pain compared to about 50% of patie…”

The guest cites a head-to-head study claiming 73% pain relief with PRP injections versus about 50% with corticosteroid injections for tennis elbow.

“We know that about 15 to 22% of those fail the meniscal repairs. You know, it's a disappointing number.”

The guest states that meniscal repair surgeries fail in about 15 to 22% of cases.

“So President Obama in 2009 lifted the ban on the federal funding. So federal funding has been going on for it since then.”

The guest states that President Obama in 2009 lifted the ban on federal funding for (embryonic) stem cell research, after which federal funding continued.

“they injected that into the knee. And then I think, I want to say it was four or eight months later, I think it was eight months, they re-imaged the knee and t…”

The guest describes a study where injecting bone marrow aspirate (BMAC) stem cells into the knee produced a 15% increase in meniscal tissue volume on re-imaging.

“he published a paper that showed a very high rate of failure from these procedures. And so as a result of that, it's fallen out of favor. So, but it was done v…”

The guest claims thermal capsulorrhaphy (heat-shrinking shoulder capsule tissue) had a roughly 40% failure rate in a published study, causing the procedure to fall out of favor.