Other procedures
Additional orthopedic procedures performed by Dr. Christopher Raffo, a fellowship-trained sports medicine surgeon in Bethesda, MD.
Biologic Augmentation During Surgery
How Dr. Raffo decides whether to add Regeneten, PRP, marrow venting, or BMAC at the time of rotator cuff or meniscal repair, and why he doesn't add one by default just because it's available.
Biologics in Orthopedic Practice
A surgeon's account of which biologic treatments hold up in trials, which he offers, which he declines to offer, and why the honest answer is narrower than the marketing around regenerative medicine.
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome
Predictable exercise-related leg pain evaluated before surgery.
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)
A surgeon's account of PRP: the conditions where trial evidence is genuinely strong, the negative trials that get left out of most marketing, and where he draws the line on offering it.