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Tag: ASIPP 17

  • Vertebral and Sacral Augmentations Cases

    Vertebral and Sacral Augmentations Cases

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on August 14, 2018

    Dr. Sheri Albers gives a radiologic lecture on vertebral and sacral augmentation. She reviews in detail several of procedures performed on her patients for various lumbar, pelvic, and sacral fractures. These include pelvic cement injection, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty.

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  • Systematic Review of Literature: Old and New

    Systematic Review of Literature: Old and New

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on December 21, 2017

    Dr. Ramsin Benyamin gives a presentation on the misrepresentation of the true efficacy and safety of vertebroplasty for compression fractures. He goes into great detail to explain how several poorly designed studies have disputed the effectiveness of the procedure. He reveals the many flaws of these studies: including poor patient selection, unrealistic placebo procedure, poor statistical analysis, etc.

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  • Imaging Evaluation of Vertebral Compression Fractures

    Imaging Evaluation of Vertebral Compression Fractures

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on December 12, 2017

    Dr. Kent Remley gives an excellent slide presentation on imaging used to diagnose compression fractures. For this lecture, Dr. Remley provides extremely clear and detailed images to help elaborate the advantages of the several different imaging options. He discusses acute (pathological) and chronic fracture images as well as pre and postoperative.

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  • Degenerative Disc Disease And Biological Treatment Of The Spine

    Degenerative Disc Disease And Biological Treatment Of The Spine

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on December 6, 2017

    Dr. Aaron Calodney gives an interesting presentation describing the implications of regenerative treatments for discogenic pain and degenerative disc disease. He explains the differences between these disc pathologies as well as their etiologies. This leads into his discussion of how regenerative medicine has shown progress in treating both of these disc pathologies.

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  • Public Relations and Marketing in Regenerative Medicine

    Public Relations and Marketing in Regenerative Medicine

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on December 1, 2017

    Dan Crane lectures on the billing and financial challenges pain physicians frequently encounter with regenerative medicine. Being a cash-pay service, he addresses the importance of understanding the efficacy and mechanism of regenerative medicine as well as how to market such a practice to appeal to potential patients.

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  • Osteoporotic Fractures

    Osteoporotic Fractures

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on October 20, 2017

    Dr. Kent Remley lectures on osteoporotic fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine. His slide presentation includes etiology, clinical presentations (including biomechanics), treatment options, and prognosis. Dr. Remely then details several treatment procedures including kyphoplasty, biologics, and expandable implants. Literature is also discussed.

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  • Regenerative Orthopedics Tendon and Ligament Pathology

    Regenerative Orthopedics Tendon and Ligament Pathology

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on September 8, 2017

    Dr. Chang Chien gives an in depth talk on the pathophysiology of tendon and ligament degeneration and inflammation. He goes into detail on the standard treatments for these soft tissue pathologies and how recent data suggest that platelet-rich plasma. (PRP) be an extremely synergistic treatment when added with analgesics and corticosteroids. He discusses several studies to support these claims in more detail.

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  • Bone Marrow Concentrate

    Bone Marrow Concentrate

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on August 25, 2017

    Dr. Steve Aydin gives an extremely informative presentation on the use of bone marrow derived-mesenchymal stem cells for regenerative medicine. He explains why mesenchymal stem cells are superior to platelet-rich plasma and how bone marrow is a better source of these stem cells than adipose tissue. He details the equipment and techniques of bone marrow aspiration to extract the bone marrow.

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  • The Digital Doctor

    The Digital Doctor

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on August 9, 2017

    Dr. Robert Wachter gives an interesting and informative lecture on the digitization of today’s healthcare. He address the challenges of implementing electronic health records while maintaining high quality health care. He provides good examples of how physicians and their staff have struggled to predict and adapt to this digital transformation. He concludes by explaining how these difficulties with the computerization of healthcare will soon be resolved.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

  • Evolution of Regenerative Medicine in Musculoskeletal and Lumbar Spine Disorders

    Evolution of Regenerative Medicine in Musculoskeletal and Lumbar Spine Disorders

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on August 2, 2017

    Dr. Annu Navani gives a slide presentation on the application of regenerative medicine for musculoskeletal and spine pathologies. She discusses the history of stem cell research, its ever increasing medical implications, and the future of regenerative medicine. She details how these cells are extracted and how they are being used to treat many orthopedic and spinal disorders. Current research and literature is also discussed.

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