Advancing the Field of Regenerative Surgery: Highlights from the 3rd Multispecialty International Course
When I joined the Center for Tissue Engineering at UC Irvine as a research fellow in 2013, I had no idea the journey that would follow. That same year, Drs. Patrick Tonnard & Alexis Verpaele MD, PhD, and others published a groundbreaking study on Nanofat Grafting, a simple but powerful technique that simultaneously microfragments fat […]
Stromal Vascular Fraction for Knee Osteoarthritis
This is a nice review article outlining the previous clinical evidence and discussing the tremendous potential of stromal vascular fraction (#SVF) for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Knee OA is a common degenerative joint disease characterized by “inflammation and destruction of surrounding tissues.” Pharmacologic treatment options are short-term fixes targeting pain and […]
