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Dr. Anz Presents at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Chicago

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Dr. Adam Anz presents “Articular Cartilage Regeneration with Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cells” during  American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual meeting in Chicago

This year’s AAOS meeting, held in Chicago, boasted educational courses and lectures on a variety of orthopaedic topics including hip and knee reconstruction, basic research,  sports medicine, and arthroscopy.  Dr. Adam Anz had the privilege to present the technique and data from his upcoming publication with Dr. Saw, Articular Cartilage Regeneration with Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cells and Hyaluronic Acid:  A Randomized Controlled Trial.  This article will be published in the April 2013 edition of the orthopaedic journal Arthroscopy. The section in which Dr. Anz presented included research on cartilage from all over the world and was attended by some of the leading researchers in knee cartilage techniques.

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