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Tennis? Innovative medical treatment
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JULY 2005 Volume 29 • No. 7

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Tennis? Innovative medical treatment
for tendonitis shows promise

It's not in time for this summer's sport season, but tennis elbow may have met its match in platelet-rich plasma, a key component in a new "bi ologic treatment" being studied by Allan Mishra, an orthopedic surgeon at Menlo Clinic.

Mishra announced his findings concerning the use of platelet-rich plasma for this common ailment last February at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. A broader FDA-sanctioned clinical trial is expected to begin in late summer or early fall, Mishra said.

Mishra evaluated the use of platelet-rich plasma in patients with chronic, severe tennis elbow who were considering surgery.

The surgeon said that eight weeks after treatment with platelet-rich plasma - the body's "natural ingredients" - patients' pain decreased by 60 percent vs. 16 percent in control patients. After six months, the platelet-rich plasma patients' pain had diminished by an average of 81 percent.

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An injection may someday substitute for more invasive surgery using an innovative injection treatment currently being evaluated by Menlo Clinic orthopedic surgeon Allan Mishra.