AGARTALA, September 12 (TIWN): In another first of its kind, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals is offering the new and radical Centrifuge Technology to make treatment through the Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) for more effective and simplified, said Dr. Abheek Kar, Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgeon on Saturday.

PRP Therapy is a revolutionary new treatment that relieves pain in the knees, shoulder, hip, elbow, ankles and heals injuries faster.

PRP is the injection of the patient’s own platelets in high concentration into an injured tendon, ligament, Muscle tear or damaged cartilages. The platelets contain growth factors which help to stimulate natural healing.

Speaking at the press conference at Press Club, Dr. Abheek Kar, Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgeon said that when we injure ourselves, one of the first repair cells that travel to the injury are platelets.

He further said that Platelets are rich in many different growth factors. These growth factors help to attract other repair cells, these worker cells then allow normal healing to take place.

This leads to much quicker reduction in pain and faster return to sports and daily lining activities, added.

He further enhanced that they have given it to many patients and it has worked remarkably well.

PRP is plasma with many more platelets than what is typically found in blood. The concentration of platelets and thereby, the concentration of growth factors can be 5 to 10 times greater (or richer) than usual.

Besides, to develop a PRP preparation, blood must first be drawn from a patient. The platelets are separated from other blood cells and their concentration is increased during a process called centrifugation.

Then the increased concentration of platelets is combined with the remaining blood. Thereafter the PRP can be carefully injected into the injured area. This aids in potentially speeding up the healing process.