AB131. SOH25_AB_108. Prolotherapy for the treatment of athletic pubalgia: a case report
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AB131. SOH25_AB_108. Prolotherapy for the treatment of athletic pubalgia: a case report

Yvonne Murphy, Dominic O’Shea, Dominic Harmon

Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Background: Athletic pubalgia is a common, debilitating sports condition encountered by athletes who participate in competitive sports requiring pivoting movements. Athletic pubalgia is often multifactorial with several pathologies overlapping to cause groin pain. Prolotherapy is the method of injecting an irritant solution into a joint space, ligament or tendon insertion site. The solution is thought to induce a regenerative response in the affected area through several mechanisms including the induction of inflammation and vascular reconfiguration.

Case Description: A case report, with informed consent, involving a 24-year-old female presenting with athletic pubalgia. A sustained analgesic effect was observed at clinical follow-up at 6 weeks. Patient returned to full sporting activity.

Conclusions: Ultrasound-guided prolotherapy has not yet been described as a treatment option in athletic pubalgia. In this case report, it was an effective pain-relieving therapy but more studies are needed to evaluate its efficacy.

Keywords: Athletic pubalgia; chronic; case report; hydrodissection

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doi: 10.21037/map-25-ab131
Cite this abstract as: Murphy Y, O’Shea D, Harmon D. AB131. SOH25_AB_108. Prolotherapy for the treatment of athletic pubalgia: a case report. Mesentery Peritoneum 2025;9:AB131.

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