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Has anyone tried PRP in the disc?
Adding something new that doesnt work to something old that doesnt work. Genius.
My partner tried it (cash pay) and the pt was miserable for a month and did not receive any added benefit...I think PRP (or stem cells) mixed with fibrinogen in conjunction with biacculoplasty or IDET sounds intriguing.
Local guy in CO does PRP mixed with dexamethasone for cash $. Adding something new that doesnt work to something old that doesnt work. Genius.
How old is the patient? What does the disk look like? If the disc and pt are old, PRP shouldn't work, just like it won't work much in an old, dry knee joint. The increased pain was because the PRP was too "red".....had too much blood which caused increased inflammation and pain. I'd try pure PRP(amber color) and stem cells. But the morphology of the disk is important.
Local guy in CO does PRP mixed with dexamethasone for cash $. Adding something new that doesnt work to something old that doesnt work. Genius.
Im giving a talk on emerging treatments for low back pain tomorrow and thought Id include a scetion on regernerative medicine. Did a pubmed and google search and couldnt come up with any published trials of PRP or stem cell injection into human discs. Lots of rabbits and bench research.
Does anyone have any studies they can share? PDF would be greatly appreciated.
Im giving a talk on emerging treatments for low back pain tomorrow and thought Id include a scetion on regernerative medicine. Did a pubmed and google search and couldnt come up with any published trials of PRP or stem cell injection into human discs. Lots of rabbits and bench research.
Does anyone have any studies they can share? PDF would be greatly appreciated.
Here's a case series of 2 patients who had stem cells implanted into their discs. I did a grand rounds yesterday on Regenerative Therapies in Pain Medicine.
Uh oh......Steve's world is about to explode. ;-)
Here's a case series of 2 patients who had stem cells implanted into their discs. I did a grand rounds yesterday on Regenerative Therapies in Pain Medicine.