Management of lateral epicondylitis elbow treated with corticosteroid versus platelet rich plasma injection at a tertiary care centre: A comparative study of the functional outcome

Author(s): Dr. Rahul Kadam, Dr. Gaurav Sharma, Dr. Shrey Binyala, Dr. Praveen Kumar, Dr. Tanmay Asawa and Dr. Abhishek Kulkarni

Abstract: The aim of the present study is to compare the clinical and functional outcome in the patients with Lateral Epicondylitis elbow treated with local Corticosteroid injection vs Platelet Rich Plasma. A total of 74 patients were included in the study, divided into two groups equally. One group comprising of 37 patients with a mean age of 34 years was managed with intralesional autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) injection and the other 37 patients with mean age of 37.20 years were treated with intralesional injection of 2ml Triamcinolone 40mg diluted with 2ml of 0.5% Bupivacaine. The results were calculated on the basis of the pre and post treatment VAS Score, DASH score and MAYO Elbow Performance score evaluated on 3 occasions post treatment, at 3 months, 6 months and finally at 12 months follow up. This study concludes that PRP injection gives slightly better functional outcome as compared to Corticosteroid injection however pain relief is comparatively similar with the two treatment procedures. A bigger sample size will be required to conclude a significant difference in the outcome of the two methods of management of lateral epicondylitis.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/ortho.2021.v7.i4e.2901