Roberto Buda

Medical Director
Sport Traumatology
Orthopaedic Rizzoli Institute
Italy

Academician Neurology
Biography

From 1988 to 1989 he attended an international Sports Medicine fellowship at the Tahoe Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic of South Lake Tahoe (Dr. Randall Charles Watson), California, USA. From 1990 till present, he is included in the permanent medical staff of Orthopaedics and Traumatology dept. at Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Dir. Prof. Cesare Faldini). He performed about 10000 surgical operations, of which 7000 as 1st surgeon.

Research Intrest

He holds two patents on cartilaginous regeneration

List of Publications
Filardo G, Kon E, Buda R, Timoncini A, Di Martino A, Cenacchi A, Fornasari PM, Giannini S, Marcacci M. Platelet-rich plasma intra-articular knee injections for the treatment of degenerative cartilage lesions and osteoarthritis. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2011 Apr 1;19(4):528-35.
Kon E, Mandelbaum B, Buda R, Filardo G, Delcogliano M, Timoncini A, Fornasari PM, Giannini S, Marcacci M. Platelet-rich plasma intra-articular injection versus hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation as treatments for cartilage pathology: from early degeneration to osteoarthritis. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery. 2011 Nov 30;27(11):1490-501.
Kon E, Buda R, Filardo G, Di Martino A, Timoncini A, Cenacchi A, Fornasari PM, Giannini S, Marcacci M. Platelet-rich plasma: intra-articular knee injections produced favorable results on degenerative cartilage lesions. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2010 Apr 1;18(4):472-9.