Orthobiologics: A Pivotal Shift in Orthopedic Medicine and the Emergence of Interventional Orthopedics

The reader will be able to follow the evidence-based research created over the past 13 years to substantiate the use of stem cells and other orthobiologics to treat orthopedic conditions. The paper also presents a case study where a company transformed the orthopedic care model to potentially eliminate 70% of orthopedic surgeries by offering an orthobiologic alternative to self-funded employers. These innovative techniques of facilitating healing by precisely injecting orthobiologics with image guidance is the emergence of a new specialty called Interventional Orthopedics.