USE OF PLATELET-RICH PLASMA INJECTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PLANTAR FASCITIS
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 12
Abstract
Plantar fascitis is a common cause of heel pain and different treatment options exists. PRP (platelet rich plasma) derived from autologous blood containing high concentration of growth factors help in tissue healing. The use of PRP in the treatment of plantar fascitis is fairly recent an evolving concept. The purpose of our work was to study the effectiveness of PRP in the treatment of chronic plantar fascitis.
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Amal Bhattacharya, Rudradeep Banerjee, Subhankar Ghosh
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