Clinical Outcomes of Biologic Treatment for Chronic Tendinopathy

Biological interventions, such as ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, are a second-line treatment worth considering for recalcitrant tendinopathy, but efficacy and effectiveness have not been established yet. The use of PRP has been most commonly studied in lateral epicondylitis, with 9 randomized controlled trials and 7 prospective controlled studies in the medical literature. Corticosteroid injection was used as the comparator in 6 studies, autologous blood in 3, and local anesthetic agents in 2 studies.
Source: Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research