PRP injection could be an alternative treatment for lateral epicondylitis: Study
USA: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections may be a suitable alternative treatment to lateral epicondylar surgery for patients with lateral epicondylitis (LE), finds a recent study in the journal Arthroscopy.
According to the study, PRP injections offered similar improvements in pain and function in comparison to lateral epicondylar surgery in such patients, especially in the short and mid-term in two of the three included investigations.
Richard Hardy, Ed.D., LAT, Alexandria, MN, and colleagues aimed to determine if PRP injection for lateral epicondylitis offers patients comparable outcomes to lateral epicondylar surgery.
For this purpose, the researchers searched the online databases and included studies that compared PRP injections to lateral epicondylar surgery for the treatment of LE, be of level I, II, or III evidence. They compared pain relief, function between the two treatment options, and identified if PRP injection reduced the incidence of lateral epicondylar surgery.
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