A diagnostic shoulder arthroscopy with a needle scope done under local anesthesia. Sometimes to get the most accurate diagnostic information it is helpful to see inside the joint.
Don Buford, MD will be leading another platelet rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell seminar Wednesday October 18, 2017 at the office of The Dallas PRP and Stem Cell Institute from 6p -7p. Dr. Buford is an orthopedic surgeon and the Director of the Institute and does all of the patient counseling and procedures. Come have all your questions answered about when using your own blood and stem cells from bone marrow makes sense in orthopedics.
In a 5 minute procedure under local anesthesia, we can see into your knee or shoulder for diagnosis and to guide PRP and stem cell injections. The procedure is covered by insurance companies!
Our patient in this video didn’t get better with a steroid shot so we did a PRP (platelet rich plasma) injection which is an anti-inflammatory and orthobiologic injection from her own blood done in the office in about 30 minutes. She has done fantastic in the month since the procedure as she relates in the video. Results always vary based on clinical factors. PRP injections are one of the two types of orthobiologic injections we do at the Dallas PRP and Stem Cell Clinic. We also do bone marrow derived stem cell injections for many different orthopedic indications.
Today the FDA issued a warning letter (http://bit.ly/fdausstemcell) to US Stem Cell and their Chief Scientific Officer, Kristin Comella, giving them 15 days to stop their current practice of using stromal vascular fraction (adipose tissue) for multiple medical conditions.
This is a surgical video showing an interesting application of bone marrow derived stem cells + surgery(patellar chondroplasty) for a patient who had a lot of anterior knee pain from cartilage damage on her kneecap.
Topics include basic stem cell science, current best practices for PRP/Stem Cells,hands on training stem cell harvesting, and how to weed out the sales and marketing scams with amniotic fluid and umbilical cord blood being sold as stem cell injections.
The whole process takes 45 minutes… see the short video below done by Christopher Centeno, MD which simply explains why those facilities selling these products as “stem cell” injections are committing consumer fraud. If you want a real stem cell injection….it has to come from your own body in the USA right now!
Last Friday I saw two patients for evaluation for possible stem cell treatment for painful knee arthritis. Both patients were on medications, had received multiple knee steroid shots, and one had even had one of the “gel” knee injections that go under the trade names like “Synvisc” or “Hyalgan”. One of the patients also had been prescribed an unloader brace but didn’t want to wear it anymore.
This is the best way to get living stem cells for orthopedic applications. Check out the Perfect 9 Minute Bone Marrow Aspiration!
