Regenerative arm of a large Massachusetts orthopaedic group, offering bone marrow concentrate, platelet-rich plasma and surgical cartilage repair.
The Regenerative Orthopedics Center is part of Boston Bone & Joint Institute (BBJI), a large orthopaedic group with offices across the Boston area, including Dedham. It treats patients directly; research is run separately through the BBJI Research Foundation. The centre's focus is joint degeneration and cartilage damage from injury or wear.
What sets this centre apart from most listings in this directory is that it combines injections with established surgical cartilage repair techniques. Injection options are platelet-rich plasma (PRP), concentrated from the patient's blood, bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) from the patient's own marrow, and hyaluronic acid gel injections known as viscosupplementation. Surgical options include matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation (MACI), in which the patient's own cartilage cells are grown and re-implanted, osteochondral graft transfer (OATS) using the patient's own or donor bone-and-cartilage plugs, and marrow stimulation techniques such as microfracture.
The centre is measured about what these treatments can do, stating on its own site that they may not completely reverse joint arthritis but may improve pain and preserve function. The site says platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow concentrate injections are generally not covered by insurance, which is a useful and honest disclosure. It publishes a claim that its platelet preparation is concentrated to over 90 per cent from a natural 10 per cent; that is the practice's own figure and has not been independently verified. No opening hours, year of establishment or languages are published.
Most material comes from the patient's own body. Donor bone-and-cartilage grafts (allograft) may be used in osteochondral transfer.
The Dedham office is at 3 Allied Drive, Suite 155, Dedham, MA 02026. The group's central telephone number is (781) 890-2133, fax (781) 890-2177. Boston Bone & Joint Institute also has offices in Boston, Waltham, Woburn, Milton and Westborough, with some sites offering limited services only. Opening hours, year of establishment and languages are not published.
No prices are published, but the site states plainly that insurance cover varies by treatment and that platelet-rich plasma and bone marrow concentrate injections are generally not covered. Surgical cartilage procedures may be covered. Ask which category your proposed treatment falls into.
Profile compiled from information published on the clinic's own website and from the StemCell Registry directory record. Details may change; confirm directly with the clinic before making decisions.