We read with interest the article by Karimi Mobarakeh et al. (1) titled as “Autologous Blood Injection for Treatment of Tennis Elbow”. We would like to congratulate the authors for taking up such a study. However, we have several considerations regarding this manuscript: 1. What was the number of patients who received the local steroid injections before being in the study and also, what was the...

Background: Elbow lateral epicondylitis is a common problem that usually resolves with conservative treatment modalities like local infiltration with steroids, ultrasonic therapy, and manipulation and finally operative procedures are tried. An alternative to surgical intervention is sought for when the conservative measures failed. The hypothesis of this study is to establish the role of local ...

Objective: To investigate the liver-injury of the SD rats in autologus orthotopic liver transplatation using Meglumine Diatrizoate and Omnipaque. Methods: The portal veins of 60 healthy SD rats were perfused to set up orthotopic liver autotransplatation models. Then the external drainages of rats’ bile duct were built up by bile duct cannula. The ALT and AST in blood serum were detected 24h and...

abstract background autologus platelet gel is easy to prepare and is relatively low cost. the aim of this study was to prepare and evaluate in vitro efficacy of autologus platelet gel. materials and methods in this experimental study, platelet concentrate and platelet poor plasma were prepared with aphaeresis method. thrombin was prepared by mixing the plasma with calcium. thrombin activity lev...