Muhammad Khalid Khan, Samir Khan Kabir.
Effectiveness of Autologous Blood Injection in Planter Fasciitis.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;13(3):221-4.

Background: Planter fasciitis is a painful musculoskeletal condition. Autologous blood injection, one of the conservative treatments, provides the necessary cellular and biological mediators to induce a healing process. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of autologous blood injection in patients with planter fasciitis. Material and Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at Department of Orthopedics & Trauma, Town Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, from June, 2014 to March , 2015 recruiting 54 patients from OPD. In patients with plantar fasciitis, 2 ml of autologous blood mixed with 2ml of Xylocaine 2% were infiltrated in the planter fascia and effectiveness of autologous blood injection was determined in terms of improvement in at least one grade of pain on Visual Analogue Scale at 12 weeks follow up. Data was analyzed with SPSS version10.0. Results: At 12 weeks follow up, the overall effectiveness of ABI was in 41 (75.92%) patients. After ABI, 19 (35.18%) patients improved from moderate pain to no pain and mild pain (Grade 0 and 1) while 22 (40.74%) patients with severe pain (grade 3) showed improvement to no pain (grade 0), mild and moderate pain (grade 1 and 2). Conclusion: Autologous blood injection is very effective to control the pain of planter fasciitis as evident by the decrease in the baseline grades of VAS at 12 weeks follow up.

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