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This blog is by Dr. Allan Mishra and will focus on Sports Medicine and Fitness Issues
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A new network has been created to help both patients and providers. The mission is simple: improve the diagnosis and treatment of tendon injuries and disorders. Novel new treatments including platelet rich plasma are discussed.
Labels: achilles tendonitis, heel pain, knee pain, patellar tendonitis, platelet rich plasma, rotator cuff tear, tendonitis, tennis elbow
Dr. Allan Mishra's novel techniques (Platelet Rich Plasma or PRP) for treating orthopedic injuries and disorders was feature on the CBS Evening News last night. Here is a link to the story: CBS Evening News Story.
This is a video of Dr. Allan Mishra discussing the basic science of Platelet Rich Plasma
Platelet rich plasma (PRP) has been around for a long time. Five years ago, Dr. Allan Mishra was the first surgeon to inject buffered PRP to treat chronic elbow tendinosis. The results of his research was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Nov. 2006. In the last five years, the basic science and clinical research supporting the use of PRP has grown significantly.
This is a video dicussion of meniscus tears of the knee. The video is narrated by Dr. Allan Mishra from Emedx.com |
The use of Platelet Rich Plasma for chronic tendinitis (tendinosis) was outlined in a paper by Dr. Allan Mishra and Terri Pavelko, PAC, PT in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. This paper has generated a significant amount of press so far. Here is a link to some of the articles:
Another article was recently published about PRP and TKA (Berghoff et al Orthopedics July 2006). The patients treated with PRP during their total knee replacements had better early range of motion, less blood loss and a shorter stay in the hospital.