<description>&lt;p&gt;Journal Club:  Treating Degenerative Disc Disease with Leukocyte Rich PRP&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dr. Rosenblum discusses an article written by Dr. Gregory Lutz describing Leukocyte RIch PRP's role in treating Degenerative Disc Disease and the theory that there is an infectious disease component to disc injury. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dr. Lutz describes multiple articles, as well as anectodal experience in which bacterial infectious was demonstrated in pathological discs, and PRP was successful in alleviating symptoms, modic changes and improved clinical as well as radiographic appearance.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;Other Announcements from &lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/"&gt;NRAP Academy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;PainExam App almost ready &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; Pain Management Board Prep migrated to &lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/"&gt;NRAPpain.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;AnesthesiaExam Board Prep migrated to &lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/"&gt;NRAPpain.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;PMRExam Board Prep migrated to &lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/"&gt;NRAPpain.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/bundles/Virtual-Pain-Fellowship" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/show/65250/vpf_thum_knee.png" alt="" width="580" height="580" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/pages/ultrasound-course-calendar" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Live Workshop Calendar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/ultrasound-guided-regional-anesthesia-pain-med-351559?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/show/59465/CR_may_11.png" alt="" width= "554" height="554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/ultrasound-guided-regional-anesthesia-pain-med-351559?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb"&gt; &lt;img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/show/59465/nrap-w-fsipp_logo.png" alt="" width="606" height="341" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/regenerative-pain-medicine-and-ultrasound-guided-ipm-course-2-day-course-registration-892522698417?aff=oddtdtcreator" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/59465/june_29.png" alt="" width="574" height="574" /&gt;&lt;img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/59465/sept_2024_regn_2_day.png" alt="" width="578" height="325" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/ultrasound-guided-regional-anesthesia-pain-med-351559?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=creatorshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=odclsxcollection&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=escb" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Ultrasound Interventional Pain Course Registration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;For Anesthesia Board Prep &lt;a href= "https://www.nrappain.org/courses/BasicAnesthesiaExam"&gt;Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; References&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lutz, Gregory E. "Intradiscal Leukocyte Rich Platelet Rich Plasma for Degenerative Disc Disease." &lt;em&gt;Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America&lt;/em&gt; 34.1 (2023): 117-133.&lt;a title= " Intradiscal Leukocyte Rich Platelet Rich Plasma for Degenerative Disc Disease" href= "https://www.binasss.sa.cr/bibliotecas/bhm/feb23/61.pdf"&gt;https://www.binasss.sa.cr/bibliotecas/bhm/feb23/61.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

AnesthesiaExam Podcast

David Rosenblum, MD

Intra-Discal Leukocyte Rich PRP: Treating DDD as an Infectious Disease.

MAY 20, 2024-1 MIN
AnesthesiaExam Podcast

Intra-Discal Leukocyte Rich PRP: Treating DDD as an Infectious Disease.

MAY 20, 2024-1 MIN

Description

Journal Club:  Treating Degenerative Disc Disease with Leukocyte Rich PRP

Dr. Rosenblum discusses an article written by Dr. Gregory Lutz describing Leukocyte RIch PRP's role in treating Degenerative Disc Disease and the theory that there is an infectious disease component to disc injury. 

Dr. Lutz describes multiple articles, as well as anectodal experience in which bacterial infectious was demonstrated in pathological discs, and PRP was successful in alleviating symptoms, modic changes and improved clinical as well as radiographic appearance.

Other Announcements from NRAP Academy:   Live Workshop Calendar   Ultrasound Interventional Pain Course Registration      For Anesthesia Board Prep Click Here!

References

Lutz, Gregory E. "Intradiscal Leukocyte Rich Platelet Rich Plasma for Degenerative Disc Disease." Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 34.1 (2023): 117-133.https://www.binasss.sa.cr/bibliotecas/bhm/feb23/61.pdf