What are your thoughts on which type of stem cells are the best (cord, bone marrow, adipose, or fetal) and do you think IV injections are less effective?
Not my areas of expertise.
I know that some of the companies mentioned have "treated" patients that had no chance of healing with that type of therapy given the pathology. I also know that the images they showed were NOT representative. One of the patients came to see me and they presented his preop MRI as a complete ACL tear. It was NOT! They showed one image where it looked like that and the subsequent image showed it was only a partial tear.
I thought that was the case as the post treatment MRI showed what appeared to be a scarred down ACL but mostly intact.. they also claimed it was a firm end point on exam..
That was BS.. i examined the patient.. they still have functional instability of ACL and its just a scarred down partial tear. Now they are still at increase risk for future issues although if it were me id probably still opt for nonop management and follow it clinically.
My point is they were NOT honest and to me thats important.
I dont know enough about stem cells to comment on all types of treatments BUT i know enough to be able to say the most success at this time will likely be in soft tissue injuries with decent blood flow that isnt healing. This nonsense about disc tears and stem cells curing them...guys they heal on there own overtime.. its not the stem cells please use your brains and research.