Good news for patients with orthopedic diseases—Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
18 Feb,2025
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) refers to a platelet concentrate containing a large amount of growth factors separated by multiple centrifugations of autologous fresh whole blood.
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) refers to a platelet concentrate containing a large amount of growth factors separated by multiple centrifugations of autologous fresh whole blood.
Application of PRP injection treatment in the field of orthopedic diseases
Application in Osteoarthritis: Osteoarthritis is an inflammatory joint disease characterized by articular cartilage degeneration. PRP injection can not only significantly reduce the joint inflammatory response, but also regulate the repair and regeneration of damaged articular cartilage to delay cartilage degeneration. Therefore, PRP injection has been regarded as a treatment method for osteoarthritis in clinical practice and is widely used.
Application in Sports Injuries: Sports injuries, such as shoulder ligament injuries, tennis elbow, knee, and ankle ligament injuries, often cause patients to endure long-term pain, limited mobility, and other discomforts. PRP injection treatment can effectively promote the repair of damaged tissues (tendons, muscles, cartilage, etc.) by stimulating muscle and blood vessel regeneration and reducing muscle fibrosis after muscle injury, shortening the rehabilitation time, and relieving the patient's pain.
Application in Fracture Healing: PRP injection treatment can prevent delayed union or non-union of bones by reducing the inflammatory response, stimulating the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, and stimulating the formation of new bone and the reconstruction of blood vessels around the injury. Therefore, it is clinically applied in the repair and treatment of large bone defects such as open fractures, bone tumor resection, and bone injury debridement.
Application in the Repair of Refractory Wounds: The growth factors and cytokines and other components rich in PRP injection can effectively promote the healing of poorly - -healing wounds, diabetic ulcer wounds, pressure ulcers, and other refractory wounds through participating in angiogenesis, collagen synthesis, and the neovascularization and reconstruction of damaged tissues.
Safety of PRP Injection Therapy Since the PRP injection is extracted from autologous blood, there is no risk of immune rejection or transmission of infectious diseases caused by allogeneic injection.
The procedure of PRP Injection Therapy PRP treatment is mainly divided into the following four steps: 1. Blood drawing; 2. Centrifugation preparation; 3. Extraction; 4. Injection. The entire treatment process only takes about 40 - 50 minutes.
Side effects of PRP injection treatment? Since the PRP injection is separated and extracted from the body's own blood, there are usually no side effects. Local symptoms such as soreness and a feeling of fever may occur at the injection site during the injection and within 3 days after the injection. This is due to the local absorption at the injection site. Usually, no special treatment is required, and these local symptoms will usually gradually disappear after 1 -3 days of rest. If the discomfort is relatively obvious, it can be relieved by local ice compress.