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Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (Epi) in

the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy
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ISSN : IJCMI

International Journal of

Clinical & Medical Imaging

Volume 1 Issue 3 1000160

March, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/ijcmi.1000160

Clinical Image
Title: Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (Epi) in the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy
Ferran Abat and Jose Manuel Sanchez-Ibanez

Cerede Sports Medicine Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Intratissue percutaneous electrolysis (EPI) treatment is an actual ultrasound-guided technique that leads to a non-thermal electro chemical ablation through a cathodic flow directly at the clinical focus of degeneration. EPI causes an organic reaction leading to
a highly localized inflammation, exclusively at the region of treatment that conduces to a rapid regeneration of the injured tendon.

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a) High-resolution colour Doppler ultrasound images of patellar tendinopathy using linear multi-frequency probe (ML
6-15MHz.). Longitudinal view of the involved tendon showing a high degree of neovascularization, thickness and hipoecogenic
zones.
b) Shows the GAP of 7 mm in the proximal part of the tendon.
c) Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI) technique.
d) Precise 0.3 mm ultrasound guided EPI punctures on the injured region of the patellar tendon.
e,f) High-resolution gray-scale ultrasound of the same patient two months after initiation of the EPI procedures. Note the
remarkable decrease in the vascularization and hypoechogenicity clearly seen in the longitudinal view.
*Corresponding author: Ferran Abat, Cerede Sports Medicine Clinic,
Cerede Sports Medicine Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, Tel: 18-10b. 08017;
E-Mail: fabat@epiadvanced.com

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