The FDA maintains a public website of their letters sent to companies in the orthobiologic field. Every company on this slide has received some form of FDA inquiry. Some of the offenses are more egregious than others with patients blinded or given tainted product resulting in septicemia and life threatening illnesses.
The level 1 evidence for using PRP for knee arthritis symptoms is overwhelming at this point. There are over 30 level 1 studies showing that PRP is better than a steroid injection, hyaluronic acid, and placebo with benefits that last at least out to 1 year! Why insurance companies will pay for steroid injections and hyaluronic acid injections but NOT PRP that works better and comes from your own body and lasts longer is anyone’s guess!
The Las Vegas MSK Ultrasound And Orthobiologics Training Course has announced a new partnership with Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation. On August 1, 2021, the day after our 3 day MSK Ultrasound and Orthobiologics Course, IOF is sponsoring a 1 day lecture and cadaver course in Las Vegas called Foundations in Orthobiologics. Tuition is $1000 for the course or only $500 if attending our MSK Ultrasound and Orthobiologics Course.
The video shows another example of the merging of orthobiologics and orthopedic surgery. Here I repair a troubling lateral meniscal tear with circumferential sutures and then augment the repair with platelet rich plasma injected at the menisco-capsular junction.
Here is a recent article showing another application of bone marrow concentrate in orthopedics…this time for treating aneurysmal bone cysts. Percutaneous injection of BMC and DBM and PRF was equivalent to the the more invasive standard of care of curettage and bone grafting. 80% healed after a single percutaneous injection versus 74% healed after a more invasive surgical curettage and bone grafting.
Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation is a multi-disciplinary nonprofit with a mission to provide evidence based, fellowship level, hands-on training in the clinical use of orthobiologics….from basic science to imaging guidance. At $400 per year for a physician membership and $300 per year for a non-physician membership, it is an affordable way to learn about the latest evidence based standards.
The Interventional Orthobiologics Foundation’s online IOF Max webinar series is February 8 in the evening and February 9 in the morning. This CME activity is free to IOF members. Full IOF Membership is $400 a year and there is a membership level for those in training. Membership includes access to a wealth of evidence based multi-disciplinary information online and fellowship level in person training courses second to none in this field.
If you are “on the fence” about getting a PRP or Stem Cell procedure, maybe this Monday is the answer for you! Our flash sale is about 50% off the normal pricing. All evaluations and procedures are done by Don Buford, MD, the Director of the Institute and a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon.
Sometimes it is nice to know a clinic or surgeon has been doing something for a long time and has multiple patients from all over the world all very happy with their treatment! Have a look at Dr. Buford’s 5 Star reviews on Healthgrades and see why he has been a well respected orthopedic surgeon and regenerative medicine doctor in Dallas for over 20 years.
Where does Dr. Buford get the cells he uses to perform cellular therapy? Your own body! He draws bone marrow from the patient’s Iliac Crest! This procedure is done in the office under local anesthesia in as little as an hour, and can help you reduce pain, and avoid surgery!
