Mitchell Sheinkop, MD, devised a procedure helping patients with arthritis avoid knee surgery, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Here are six facts:
1. His procedure will help patients with "bone on bone" arthritic knees. Studies reveal a mere one-third of patients who had knee implant surgery resume their active lifestyles, leading many patients to regret having the surgery.
2. Dr. Sheinkop's procedures delay and can possibly eliminate "bone on bone" joint replacements with a same day procedure.
3. The procedure called a "subchondroplasty" is minimally invasive and entails a surgeon positioning a long metal needle into the damaged subchondral bone.
4. Evidence proves the procedure can reverse cartilage destruction within the joint.
5. Dr. Sheinkop combines stem cell injections with bone marrow aspirate. He has already injected stem cells into the hollow knee cavities of more than 450 patients.
6. Dr. Sheinkop was the former director of implant surgery at Rush Hospital in Chicago and is presently practicing in Des Plaines, Ill.
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