Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter explains why PRP injections near joint replacements carry infection risk and won't fix mechanical wear. Some clinicians report benefits in specific cases, but PRP works better for inflammation than hardware problems.
PRP injections for joint replacements. And sometimes that's the only option that a patient sees. Okay, so we can't really inject other materials into joint replacements. The problem is infection, right? Like, so you can seed an infection in a joint replacement. So we want to be real careful about that. But there's some docs out there who are doing PRP injections for joint replacements, and sometimes that's the only option that a patient sees, and we've had some good effect. The problems with joint replacements are usually mechanical in nature. And if it's not an inflammatory thing that the PRP or stem cell can really treat, then. And it's like, if it's a mechanical problem with your joint wearing out, then it's not going to. That's not going to be fixed.
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