Leukocyte-poor platelet-rich plasma versus bupivacaine for recalcitrant lateral epicondylar tendinopathy

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-10

  Behera, Prateek ^a   Dhillon, Mandeep ^a   Aggarwal, Sameer ^a   Marwaha, Neelam ^a   Prakash, Mahesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Platelet rich plasma; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENNIS ELBOW; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 84937196423     PISSN: 10225536     EISSN: 23094990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/230949901502300102     Document Type: Article

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