Jobe revolutionized the treatment of medial ulnar collateral ligament (MUCL) tears with his reconstruction technique. However, not all MUCL injuries require operative management; Rettig showed that 42% of MUCL injuries respond to conservative management. This was improved by Podesta, who showed that augmentation of nonoperative management with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for detecting partial MUCL tears resulted in significantly higher success rates.
PRP in Ulnar Collateral Lig Tears Nov 2107Platelet-Rich Plasma for Primary Treatment of Partial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tears
By nsc116|2018-07-16T15:26:06+00:00July 16th, 2018|Elbow Pain, Platelet Rich Plasma – PRP, Stem Cells|Comments Off on Platelet-Rich Plasma for Primary Treatment of Partial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tears