The practice of Dr Daniel Biggs, a Sydney orthopaedic surgeon specialising in shoulder and knee surgery, whose site describes bone marrow derived stem cell injections.
The site is the practice website of Dr Daniel Biggs, an orthopaedic surgeon in Sydney who describes himself as specialising in arthroscopic (keyhole) shoulder and knee reconstruction and who holds a Diploma in Sports Medicine. The page titles and about page describe the practice as being in Westmead, Sydney, although the published consulting addresses are at Norwest, Bondi Junction, Kogarah and Blacktown.
Most of the site is given over to surgery - rotator cuff repair, shoulder stabilisation, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, cartilage grafting and a sports injury clinic. A separate page describes stem cell treatment as a non-surgical option. According to that page, adult stem cells can be taken from fat tissue, bone marrow or peripheral blood; the procedure described is a bone marrow draw from the iliac crest of the pelvis, concentration of the sample in a laboratory centrifuge for ten to fifteen minutes, and injection of the concentrate into the affected area under x-ray guidance, usually taking under an hour in total.
The site says this treatment is used for degenerative conditions of the shoulder, knee, hip and spine, and that stem cells are also being used for soft tissue injuries of muscle, ligament and tendon and for bone injuries. That last wording is the site's own and is framed as emerging practice rather than established treatment.
The about page lists membership of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and describes the practice as medical provider to several professional sporting teams. The site gives no information about what any treatment costs, does not state when the practice was established and does not list languages spoken.
The stem cell page names the following in connection with cell treatment.
The site describes an autologous (from the patient's own body) bone marrow concentrate injection, prepared in a centrifuge on the day and injected under x-ray guidance.
The site names one surgeon.
The site does not describe a single clinic but four consulting locations across Sydney, all reached on the same telephone number: Orthopaedic Associates at Suite 1, Level 1, 17-19 Solent Circuit, Norwest, associated with Lakeview Private Hospital; the Eastern Suburbs Sports Medicine Centre on the first floor of Easts Tower, 9-13 Bronte Road, Bondi Junction; Premier Orthopaedics at 59 Montgomery Street, Kogarah; and Central West Orthopaedics and Sports Injuries at Suite 204, 30 Campbell Street, Blacktown. Consulting hours are given as 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The site describes the practice as Westmead-based but publishes no Westmead address; readers should confirm which location they are being booked into.
The site says nothing about the cost of stem cell treatment or of any other procedure.
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.