Alternatives to Knee Replacement Surgery for Osteoarthritis
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- Can knee surgery reduce pain?
- Rejuvenexx procedures for knee arthritis
- FAQs
Patient FAQs
- Are cartilage loss and knee pain related?
- Does Rejuvenexx work for bone-on-bone arthritis?
- Does a knee X-ray or MRI show arthritis?
- Can stem cells regrow knee cartilage?
Alternative to knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis
Can Knee Surgery Reduce Pain?
How Does Rejuvenexx Work For Knee Osteoarthritis?
Rejuvenexx Procedures For Knee Arthritis
Alternative to knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis
See how Rejuvenexx helped Stephanie with her chronic pain from knee osteoarthritis.
Note: Like all medical procedures, Rejuvenexx procedures have a success and failure rate. Not all patients will experience the same results.
BEFORE and AFTER Procedure MRI Images
Patient FAQs
What is knee OA (osteoarthritis)?
What's the difference between arthritis and osteoarthritis?
Arthritis is a general term that describes joint inflammation. There are two types of arthritis
- Osteoarthritis (OA) – also called degenerative joint disease, is the most common type of arthritis and happens when the cartilage in your joints breaks down, often in your hips, knees, and spine.6
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) – is an autoimmune disorder where the immune system identifies the lining of the joints (synovium) as a threat and attacks it.7
Do Rejuvenexx procedures work for bone-on-bone arthritis?
Does arthritis show up on a knee X-ray or MRI?
Are cartilage loss and knee pain related?
Can stem cells regrow knee cartilage?
No, they won’t regrow large stretches of cartilage; however, they will help:
- Replace a worn-out stem cell reserve. The number of those cells available for repair and maintenance goes down as we age and get arthritis.
- Reboot dying stem cells. Studies have shown that mesenchymal stem cells can give their good batteries (mitochondria) to cells that have worn-out batteries, rebooting those dying cells.
- Treat bone lesions. Microfractures, not cartilage loss, are the source of pain.
- Reset the environment. The environment inside an arthritic joint has a mix of inflammatory and damaging chemicals.
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