Treatment of tennis elbow with platelet- rich- plasma.

Authors

  • Iskandar Mahdi saleh al-ardi Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyiah, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28922/qmj.2019.15.2.53-56

Keywords:

PRP, tennis elbow, lateral epicondylitis, local injection

Abstract

platelet-rich-plasma is increasingly used in tennis elbow. This study show the clinical outcomes of a single PRP injection .our study was done between Dec. 2015 and Oct. 2016, platelet-rich–plasma was administrated to thirty patients. All subjects underwent prospective clinical evaluation, including  visual analog scale (VAS) for pain for six month follow up .most of the patient (VAS) significantly  improve from (p > 0.05) after injection with platelet-rich –plasma  .so as the result show the  PRP injections in tennis elbow showed better improvement in outcomes .

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2019-12-31

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