PRP Therapy in Orthopedics and Traumatology
PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) therapy, also known as plasmotherapy, is a regenerative medical treatment method. The essence of this method involves taking the patient's own blood (10.0 - 20.0 ml) into special tubes, centrifuging it to obtain plasma enriched with platelets, which is then used for injection into damaged or inflamed structures (intra-articular).
The abbreviation PRP stands for Platelet-Rich Plasma, and PRP therapy is used in various medical fields, including dentistry, plastic surgery, orthopedics, traumatology, and others.
What does PRP do when it enters the area of damaged structures?
- Accelerates their regeneration (recovery).
- Stimulates collagen production (collagenogenesis) and bone formation (osteogenesis).
- Improves microcirculation and metabolism.
- Enhances oxygen exchange.
- Increases the resistance of local immunity.
Indications for the use of platelet-rich plasma in traumatology and orthopedics include acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries, as well as degenerative-dystrophic joint diseases (grades 1-2):
- Lateral and medial epicondylitis.
- Tendonitis (patellar tendonitis, quadriceps tendonitis).
- Achilles bursitis, Achilles tendon enthesopathy.
- Shoulder scapular periarthritis.
- Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.
- Inflammatory processes in joint osteoarthritis.
- Osteoarthritis of knee, hip, shoulder, and ankle joints.
- Meniscus injuries with stable fragments.
- Osgood-Schlatter disease.
- Metatarsalgia of the foot.
- Introduction into the area of delayed fracture consolidation.
- Myofascial syndromes, myositis, of any location.
- Spinal osteochondrosis.
- Post-traumatic joint contractures.
Contraindications:
- Systemic diseases.
- Malignant oncological diseases.
- Allergic reactions to anticoagulants (heparin).
- Acute infectious diseases.
