In the last post, I reviewed the potent anti-microbial benefits of bone marrow concentrate (BMC) published in a paper by Dr. Philippe Hernigou in treating antibiotic-refectory infections in non-unions. I will move on in this post to cover Dr. Hernigou’s use of BMC in treating non-unions of the foot and ankle in diabetic patients. I...Read More
Continuing in my effort to review Dr. Philippe Hernigou’s publications on the use of bone marrow concentrate (BMC) in treating a variety of orthopedic pathologies, I would like to cover a very recent publication in which he presents clinical data supporting the use of BMC as a means of eliminating microbial infections in fracture sites....Read More
In the last post, I focused solely on adverse events associated with the bone marrow aspiration (BMA) procedure itself. In this post, I would like to return to another of Dr. Hernigou’s classic publications on the use of BMC to treat long-bone non-unions. I covered his publication on the benefits of BMC-augmentation of a surgical...Read More