Determination of the correct procedure depends on the patient’s specific condition. If the injury is in the acute inflammation phase, the doctor will recommend therapies to reduce the inflammation. When the inflammation is no longer acute, therapies to heal and regenerate the tissues can be performed.
The healing process can be accelerated using shockwave, laser and/or perineural injection treatment, which administers dextrose to treat injuries and mitigate pain, secretum (fluids extracted from stem cells), platelet-rich plasma (growth factor extracted from the blood), or stem cells themselves.
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During the same event, dr. Reggy Trialetta Injo, Sp.KFR, observes how aging causes the body to undergo multiple degenerative processes, including in the knee joints. Calcification of the joints, or osteoarthritis (OA), is frequently found among the elderly.
“OA is the most common type of arthritis, with new incidence of OA in the knee at 240 per 100,000 people each year. The prevalence of osteoarthritis in Indonesia is 5% among individuals younger than 40, 30% in the 40-60 years age range, and 65% in the 61 years and older age range. The prevalence of OA in knee is 15.5% among men and 12.7% among women sufferers,” dr. Reggy said.
OA risk factors include age, gender, genetic inheritance, activity level, obesity, and trauma. OA is a burden that lowers the sufferers’ quality of life, especially as it can escalate into disability. Like injury but worse, OA causes overall damage to the joints, including joint cartilage (meniscus), ligament, kneecaps, and nearby bones.