Yesterday I got a chance to help someone with Ficat stage 2 AVN of the hip. The regenerative medicine treatment option with bone marrow concentrate injection is the state of the art. Replacing avascular bone marrow with healthy concentrated bone marrow from the iliac crest makes biologic and common sense. And has the data to back it up.
Texas Orthobiologics is going back to Mexico! I get to give 3 of my favorite talks at the 2nd International Conference on Regenerative Orthopedics in the city of Queretaro. Talk #1: Patient candidacy and clinical decisionmaking ....maybe the most important...knowing how to personalize care and properly inform patients of their options. Talk #2: Platelet Dosing for Knee and Shoulder Conditions....a review of the current dosing date to get the best clinical results...along with pearls on how to evaluate regenerative medicine papers Talk #3: 10 Common MSKUS Guided Injections....bread and butter stuff for a orthopedic surgeon or orthopedist doing injections! I learn as much as I teach at these international meetings. Can't wait to see what I can bring back to my patients after this meeting!
Texas Orthobiologics is bringing America's #1 Regenerative Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery Clinic to Frisco, Texas, McKinney, Texas, Plano, Texas, Allen, Texas, and surrounding north Dallas communities. Our motto is that you deserve to live your best life without pain....and we have the latest nonsurgical ways to get you there. Sometimes, like with a complete rotator cuff tendon tear in the shoulder, surgery in unavoidable....but we have you covered there too! We can use PRP (platelet rich plasma) or Bone Marrow Concentrate (stem cells) to get you a better surgical result. We have been setting the standard in this growing specialty for 15 years now.
This interesting 2023 Delphi paper on the "state of the art" with PRP (platelet rich plasma) just got published in the journal "Arthroscopy...."
Have a look! 35 clinicians answering 7 PRP questions.... I was honored to be part of the time led by Eoghan Hurley!
Are you interested in PRP?
Did you know that all PRP is not the same?!
Don Buford , founder of Texas Orthobiologics, was a co-author on a 2023 paper titled "Angiogenesis and tissue repair depend on platelet dosing and bioformulation strategies following orthobiological platelet rich plasma procedures. A narrative review" The paper is open access and can be downloaded here:
https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202306.0745/v1
I am currently a freshman serving a 3 year term on the AANA Board of Directors (AANA Website)
We just finished our summer meeting at the amazing Hythe Hotel in Vail.
What a fantastic group!
AANA is filled with so many talented and kind and humble people that happen to be orthopedic surgeons!
Many thanks to the executive team for putting together a fantastic Board of Directors weekend.
JT Tokish, MD, current president, is continuing to innovate and push the organization into the future!
With so many innovators in one room, I always learn something. It only helps our Texas Orthobiologics patients....we hear things "hot of the press" and even some ideas in "pre-production"!
At Texas Orthobiologics , we test every patient's blood and their PRP so we know what we are dosing patients with. Every doctor treating patients with a drug should know the dose of the drug they are giving to the patient, right? Yet, we know that very few clinics in Dallas, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Southlake, or Fort Worth actually have the machine necessary to be able to determine PRP dosing. A patient's response is determined in part by the PRP dose so if we don't know one huge piece of the puzzle, how are we supposed to counsel our patients?
For a patient presenting with a frozen shoulder and 50% or more loss of motion in any plane....I have found that an early manipulation under anesthesia is the best option to get someone back to health ASAP. The patient gets about 15 min of propofol anesthesia and a LMA. In 5 minutes or less a gentle MUA is done and full (or nearly full) motion is restored in all planes.
Patient spends about 1 hour total in the facility and goes home with immediate 50% (ish) improvement in motion. They get the remainder back over the next 1-3 months in therapy depending on their starting point. For most their pain is considerably better once the thickened joint capsule is ruptured in the MUA.
With 25 years of history doing this and a fair amount of literature documenting the results....it is one of the best weapons I have against this insidious shoulder pathology.
Oh, and it is cost effective and covered by insurance.
The doctor fee is $198 from Medicare.
Patient video showing her 2 year result after a PRP injection for advanced knee arthritis!
Many patients with knee arthritis come to see us as a last resort before a knee replacement.
No one wants to have major joint replacement surgery without trying reasonable alternatives for pain control and to stay active. Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a regenerative medicine injection made from your own blood.
Platelet rich plasma is an injection made from your own blood.....with nothing added to it. It is safe and has over 30 years of clinical studies for various conditions...including spine conditions.
PRP is the #1 injection for back pain at Texas Orthobiologics because it just makes sense.
