Ashfaq Ahmed, Taj Muhammad, Waqar Alam, Faaiz Ali Shah, Alamzeb Khan.
Autologous Blood Injection for Lateral Epidcondylitis of Elbow.
J Surg Pak Jan ;21(1):31-4.

Objective: To determine the outcome after autologous venous blood injection in patients with lateral epicondylitis of elbow. Study design: Descriptive case series. Place & Duration of study: Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad and Saidu Teaching Hospital Swat, from August 2014 to March 2015. Methodology: Patients having lateral epicondylitis of elbow were selected from the outdoor department.Two ml of autologous venous blood was drawn from the contralateral antecubital fossa of the patient and slowly injected into the site of maximum tenderness. Patients were advised to continue their normal daily activities and followed up at 2nd , 4th , 8th and 12th weeks post-procedure for assessment of intensity of pain using VAS pain score and Nirschl staging. Results: There were 38 males and 61 females with ratio of 1:1.6. The mean age was 40.91±8.21 year. The mean pre-injection Visual Analogue Score (VAS) and Nirschl score were 6.9±1.2 and 6.0±0.9. At follow up it decreased to 0.9±1.0 and 1.5±1.1 respectively. Conclusion: Autologous blood injection is an effective way to treat patients of epicondylitis of elbow especially in refractory cases.

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