Introduction: Tennis elbow treatment is still remains a difficult task; the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a proactive therapeutic option that jump starts the healing process, which contains several different growth factors and other cytokines that stimulate healing of bone and soft tissue. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study of 50 patients, done at GEMS and hospital, Srikakulam, India, for 2 years. The primary analysis included visual analog scale pain scale, for measuring pain in patients, local tenderness, pain on extension of the wrist, grip strength, elbow swelling were clinically assessed at different interval of follow-up, clinical and functional outcome were evaluated at final follow-up with statistics. Results: Results were calculated based on descriptive statistics with SPSS version 19. The average follow-up was 1.5 years. Results were excellent in 40, good in 6, fair in 1 and poor in 3. In two cases, there was superficial infection seen; in one nerve palsy; in three subjects pain worsened; and ended up in surgical intervention. Conclusion:Treatment with PRP holds promising results with minimal risk for the treatment of Tennis elbow. A more scientific evidence studies need to done before we can determine whether PRP therapy is effective in other conditions. PRP therapy as a viable procedure that may decrease the progression of more injuries may decrease the overall time for healing, and therefore, may setback the overall need for surgical intervention.
Background: Fractures of the lower end of the femur are very tough to cure and linked to various consequences. Because of the high frequency of infection, non-union, and malunion, poor fixation, and a scarcity of appropriate equipment, implants, and antibiotics in the early 1960s, operational care of these fractures was avoided to a significant extent. Objective: The present study was undertaken to analyze the outcomes of fractures situated at the lower end of the femur, which is managed with CRIF. Materials and methods: A total of 20 patients were part of the study after obtaining the voluntary, written, informed consent. After collecting the basic demographic data, the clinical data were collected from all the participants. All participants underwent, a general clinical examination followed by a systemic examination. X-ray knee joint with distal femur AP and lateral views, CBC, FBG, LFT, RFT, and ECG were performed on all the participants. Results: Table 1 presents the gender distribution of the participants. The majority of the participants were males. Table 2 presents the age-wise distribution of the participants. The majority of the participants belonged to the age group of 21-30 years of age. Table 3 presents the type of injury of the patients.
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