Platelet-rich plasma in the management of chronic low back pain due to lumbar disc degeneration:

Authors

  • Ishwara Keerthi C, Varghese Joe Chervathoor, Korpu Venkata Ram Kishore

Abstract

Background:

One of the most common ailments in today’s world that will make them land in an Orthopaedics office is the lower back pain. We do not have a definite statistics of these patients in our country but in USA according to a report it affected around twenty five lakh Americans and the total cost of the treatment was more than one hundred crore dollars. Another study reported the prevalence of lower back pain in a lifetime was around eighty four percent. One treatment which looks promising is platelet rich plasma therapy. So this study puts in an effort to find the effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma in the management of chronic low back pain.

Aims and Objectives:

Study the effects of Platelet rich plasma in management of chronic low back pain due to lumbar disc degeneration

Materials and Methods:

This study was conducted by the Department of Orthopaedics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.

The study was done in thirty four cases. There were 19 males and 15 females.

The study was conducted from Feb 2019 to Jan 2020.

Results:

The effects are quiet promising and may be used to minimize the effects of unwanted surgeries.

Conclusion:

PRP therapy reduced pain and increased functionality in patients

Published

2021-10-01

How to Cite

Ishwara Keerthi C, Varghese Joe Chervathoor, Korpu Venkata Ram Kishore. (2021). Platelet-rich plasma in the management of chronic low back pain due to lumbar disc degeneration:. Drugs and Cell Therapies in Hematology, 10(1), 3014–3020. Retrieved from http://dcth.org/index.php/journal/article/view/618

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