This video documents a five-month post-operative clinical follow-up shared by Dr. Don Buford, featuring an 18-year-old high-level collegiate volleyball player named Mamie.
Key Highlights:
- The Procedure: Mamie underwent an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction using a hamstring autograft. Because of the intense demands of her sport, Dr. Buford augmented the hamstring graft with a BioBrace implant to reinforce the tissue structure, accelerate healing, and stimulate remodeling.
- Mobility & Stability: At the five-month mark, Mamie shows excellent progress. She comfortably demonstrates a full range of motion, stretching her knee out completely straight and flexing it all the way back.
- Clinical Testing: Dr. Buford physically examines the knee during the video, showing that the reconstructed ligament feels incredibly solid with zero shifting, slack, or signs of a pivot-shift instability.
- Current Recovery Phase: The patient is standing at 6'1" / 6'2" and continues to work through targeted physical therapy exercises (including single-leg squats, lunges, and step-downs) as she builds up strength to return to competitive college volleyball.
Questions about this treatment
- What is an ACL reconstruction?
- ACL reconstruction is a surgical procedure that reconstructs a damaged anterior cruciate ligament using a tendon graft to help restore knee stability.
- What is a hamstring ACL graft?
- A hamstring ACL graft uses tendon tissue from the patient's hamstring area as the graft material for reconstructing the anterior cruciate ligament.
- What is the Biobrace graft?
- Biobrace is a suturable reinforcement implant that can be used to augment certain soft-tissue or ligament reconstruction procedures. Texas Orthobiologics has reported using Biobrace to augment an autologous hamstring ACL reconstruction.
- What does a 5-month ACL reconstruction result show?
- The patient story focuses on the reported recovery approximately five months after hamstring ACL reconstruction with Biobrace graft augmentation. Individual recovery timelines vary based on the procedure, rehabilitation, healing, and patient-specific factors.
- How long does recovery take after ACL reconstruction?
- Recovery after ACL reconstruction varies between patients. Rehabilitation commonly progresses through several stages, with return to running, sports, and unrestricted activity depending on strength, stability, healing, functional testing, and the treating surgeon's recommendations.
- Can Biobrace be used with a hamstring ACL reconstruction?
- Biobrace has been used by Texas Orthobiologics as an augmentation for an autologous hamstring ACL reconstruction. Whether augmentation is appropriate depends on the individual surgical situation and should be determined by the treating orthopedic surgeon.
- Who performs ACL reconstruction at Texas Orthobiologics?
- ACL injuries and reconstruction options are evaluated and treated by Don Buford, MD and the Texas Orthobiologics team in Dallas, Texas.
Every patient is different, and a video is not a promise of the same result. If you want to know whether an orthobiologic or surgical option fits your own injury, that starts with an exam and imaging — not a video.
