Tennis Anyone? Innovative Medical Treatment for Tendonitis Shows Promise; Stanford Doctor Announces Findings at Annual Meeting.WASHINGTON -- After nearly four years, tennis elbow tennis elbow - overuse strain injury may have met its match in platelet-rich plasma, a key component in a new "biologic treatment," a new frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental in medicine. Today at the annual meeting of the American Academy The American Academy in Berlin is a non-partisan academic institution in Berlin. It was founded in September 1994 by a group of prominent Americans and Germans, among them Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Richard von Weizsäcker, Fritz Stern and Otto Graf Lambsdorff and opened in of Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Allan Mishra announced his findings concerning the use of platelet-rich plasma for this common ailment ail·ment n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness. . In his study, Dr. Mishra, an orthopedic surgeon at Menlo Clinic, an affiliate of Stanford Hospital & Clinics, found that eight weeks after treatment with platelet-rich plasma, patients' pain decreased by 60 percent versus 16 percent in control patients. After six months, the platelet-rich plasma patients' pain had diminished by an average of 81 percent. "These are encouraging numbers," Dr. Mishra said. "Platelet-rich plasma may have significant value for treating severe tendonitis tendonitis /ten·do·ni·tis/ (ten?do-ni´tis) tendinitis. ten·do·ni·tis n. Variant of tendinitis. non-surgically. Using the body's 'natural ingredients' to help deal with a problem like tennis elbow represents a completely new way of thinking in medicine." Platelet-rich plasma is a derivative of whole blood that contains a variety of powerful growth factors. These growth factors occur naturally and help develop and differentiate cells. Dr. Mishra evaluated the use of platelet-rich plasma in patients with chronic, severe tennis elbow who were considering surgery. Dr. Mishra's study represents the first investigation of this innovative treatment for tendonitis. A large multi-center trial is now being conducted to further evaluate his findings. The FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. is currently reviewing this protocol for approval to treat tennis elbow. For more information about tennis elbow please visit www.emedx.com. |
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