Blog | Dr Don Buford | Orthopedic Doctor Dallas, TX

Make sure your doctor or surgeon is checking the Platelet Rich Plasma on every case!
Posted in: General Info | Posted on: 25 September, 2018
We had a good example yesterday of how important it is to quantify the orthobiologic and also how much variance there can be in the same patient on the same day. Our first draw resulted in 12.43X LP-PRP with a nice shift away from granulocytes(decreased). The patient decided they wanted to treat an additional region so we drew more blood. About a 30 minute time interval max. Exact same tech, same doc, same centrifuge, same hematology machine, etc…. and this time the PRP was 7.29X LP-PRP with a shift away from granulocytes again.
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Ankle Pain?
Posted in: Foot / Ankle | Posted on: 18 September, 2018
If you are having ankle pain from an injury or arthritis, don’t keep getting steroid injections. Call us and come see why PRP or bone marrow derived stem cell injections are a better, natural, safe choice.
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If you have chronic pain or are not recovering from an injury….give us a call!
Posted in: General Info | Posted on: 10 September, 2018
childhood injuries
fell off my bike
fell out of a tree
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Thumb, wrist, or hand pain? Wave Goodbye with PRP
Posted in: General Info | Posted on: 08 September, 2018
Arthritis in your hand or thumb or wrist? Don’t forget about platelet rich plasma! There are many treatment modalities….medications, bracing, therapy, steroid shots……but only PRP is truly based on using your body’s own healing and anti-inflammatory systems. Here is a 1 minute video showing a recent in office injection….he had an injection 1 year ago and got 80% pain reduction and back to all his activities! (after steroid shots were not working). Results vary of course BUT with PRP the biggest risk is that it doesn’t work….no GI problems, no surgery, no uncomfortable braces, no steroid risk.
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Should’t We Treat People With Cartilage Problems As Well As We Treat Horses?
Posted in: General Info | Posted on: 01 September, 2018
Bone marrow derived stem cells for cartilage repair worked in horses 8 years ago…isn’t time we started treating people with state of the art equine care?? In a 2010 article published in the Journal of Bone And Joint Surgery, the authors compared micro fracture of a 15mm chondral lesion in the trochlea with micro fracture plus bone marrow aspirate concentrate injection. Outcomes at 8 months showed that all scoring systems AND histology AND MRI analysis all showed that both the amount of cartilage AND the type 2 collagen content was significantly better in the BMAC treated group.
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Meniscus Tear? Surgery is not always necessary
Posted in: General Info | Posted on: 31 August, 2018
I like to try to have a thoughtful personalized approach to treating meniscal pathology rather than a less sophisticated approach of “treat them all the same”. After 25 years of surgical experience to use to help interpret often contradictory published papers, I think the best approach is to separate out the acute from the degenerative tears, stable from the unstable tears, and finally to appreciate the vascular anatomy of the tear location. The picture presented is of a patient who had an acute onset of knee pain over the medial joint line and who failed to get better with a month of directed physical therapy.
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Ever Wish You Could Go To An “Honest” PRP and Stem Cell Seminar? Now you can
Posted in: Seminars | Posted on: 31 August, 2018
I am happy to report that our first three Dinner Seminars on PRP and Stem Cells in Orthopedics have sold out. There are 180 people signed up to attend one of our first 3 dinner seminar series being held in Dallas, Texas. These first 3 seminars include a Ruth’s Chris Dinner!
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We just completed our first 3 Dinner Seminars!
Posted in: Seminars | Posted on: 22 August, 2018
Thanks for attending our recent dinner seminar series at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. We wanted to make sure you had our contact info in case you or any loved ones have any orthopedic concerns and wish to make an appointment.
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Shoulder Pain From Impingement? Try Orthobiologics Before Surgery
Posted in: Shoulder | Posted on: 21 August, 2018
Here is another example of how we use Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) in an orthopedic surgery practice to minimize the need for surgery. Our patient had shoulder impingement and pain for 2-3 months before seeing us. We put him on a rehab program and did a subacromial steroid injection. Unfortunately that did not work over the next 4-6 weeks. Traditionally, he would now be considered for a subacromial decompression…an arthroscopic surgical procedure that requires some rehab and “downtime” to recover. Instead, were did a subacromial PRP injection, using his own blood in a 30 minute ultrasound guided office procedure, and within the next 2 months he was pain free.
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What About Exosomes In Orthopedics?
Posted in: General Info | Posted on: 20 August, 2018
What about exosomes as an “off the shelf” orthobiologic therapy?
Today I received 4 email inquiries about exosomes.
How much human outcomes data there is on the efficacy of exosomes in orthopedics? …not much at all. Exosomes are produced locally in response to the specific environment…ie. if a joint is inflammed, the exosomes being produced may have an anti-inflammatory nature overall.
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