METHOD OF TREATING OSTEOARTHROSIS OF KNEE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61M1/38 A61K33/14 A61K35/16 A61P19/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely traumatology and orthopaedics, and is applicable for the purpose of treating the patients suffering osteoarthrosis of knee. That is ensured by introducing platelet rich autoplasma prepared 1-2 hours before the procedure and containing 725 to 3029 thousand/mcl of platelets (normally - 162 to 358 thousand/mcl) in the affected joint and paraarticular tissues. The autoplasma is activated with 0.25% CaCl₂ in the ratio 3:1, in the amount of 10-15 ml. The platelet rich autoplasma is introduced twice within the therapeutic course every 5-7 days.

EFFECT: method allows ensuring repair of knee tissues and paraarticular tissues due to stimulated metabolism and regeneration abilities of the affected joint by means of using the autologous growth factors and biologically active proteins contained in the prepared autoplasma.

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