Academic hip and knee surgery practice in Lexington, Kentucky using bone marrow aspirate injection alongside core decompression surgery for early avascular necrosis.
Stephen Duncan, MD is an orthopaedic surgeon in Lexington, Kentucky whose practice is affiliated with UK HealthCare, the University of Kentucky's academic health system. His work centres on hip preservation and on hip and knee replacement, and he also sees patients in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The cell-based element of the practice is narrow and surgical rather than a general regenerative medicine clinic. It is core decompression combined with an injection of autologous bone marrow aspirate — bone marrow drawn from the patient's own body and injected back at the same operation. The site presents this as a procedure for avascular necrosis of the hip, meaning loss of blood supply to the bone, in its earlier stages, and describes it as preventive surgery intended to be done before the bone collapses.
The rest of the practice is conventional orthopaedic surgery: hip arthroscopy, labral reconstruction, periacetabular and proximal femoral osteotomy, surgical hip dislocation, tendon repairs, and partial, total, complex and revision knee and hip replacement. There is no menu of umbilical cord, amniotic or stem cell infusion products. This is a hospital-affiliated surgical practice, not a standalone stem cell clinic.
Only the patient's own bone marrow is used. Nothing is bought in from a donor or a tissue bank.
The practice is at 125 East Maxwell, Suite 201, Lexington, Kentucky 40508, telephone 859-323-5533, and is affiliated with UK HealthCare. Dr Duncan also treats patients in Cincinnati, Ohio. The website does not publish opening hours, a founding year, languages spoken or any dedicated service for patients travelling from other countries.
No prices are published. As a hospital-affiliated surgical practice, treatment would normally be billed through health insurance; ask the office and your insurer what is covered before booking.
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.