New ‘Blood-Based’ Treatment for Damaged Tendons
Stanford University Medical Center researchers are working to find new ways to heal the musculoskeletal system, including tennis elbow and other damaged tendons. Currently they are studying a treatment that involves using patient’s blood to heal the injuries.
This procedure involves drawing blood from the patient, separating the red blood cells from the platelet-rich plasma, and then injecting the plasma into the injured area. The researchers are currently studying the effect of this treatment on elbows and knees.
The study, which involved a two-year follow up, has shown to have a 93 percent success rate, as opposed to the 85-90 percent success rate of surgery. Researchers are very excited with the results due to the fact that the injection is a simple outpatient treatment, much less invasive than surgery and carries no risks of rejection or contamination since it involves the patient’s own blood. It is proving to be a safe procedure that uses the body’s own healing systems to treat itself.
This new treatment could be invaluable for the millions of people who are hospitalized each year for musculoskeletal conditions. In 2003 alone, around 8 million people visited the hospital due to a musculoskeletal injury of one kind or another. Over 150 million reported visits to the doctor were due to musculoskeletal conditions.
In addition to treating tendons, the process is also being studied for the ability to regenerate cartilage in the knee and rehydrating dried up disks.
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This procedure involves drawing blood from the patient, separating the red blood cells from the platelet-rich plasma, and then injecting the plasma into the injured area. The researchers are currently studying the effect of this treatment on elbows and knees.
The study, which involved a two-year follow up, has shown to have a 93 percent success rate, as opposed to the 85-90 percent success rate of surgery. Researchers are very excited with the results due to the fact that the injection is a simple outpatient treatment, much less invasive than surgery and carries no risks of rejection or contamination since it involves the patient’s own blood. It is proving to be a safe procedure that uses the body’s own healing systems to treat itself.
This new treatment could be invaluable for the millions of people who are hospitalized each year for musculoskeletal conditions. In 2003 alone, around 8 million people visited the hospital due to a musculoskeletal injury of one kind or another. Over 150 million reported visits to the doctor were due to musculoskeletal conditions.
In addition to treating tendons, the process is also being studied for the ability to regenerate cartilage in the knee and rehydrating dried up disks.
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The Social Security Disability Five Step Sequential Evaluation Process
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