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Assessing the effect of PRP addition to facial micro-lipofilling for patients suffering from Scleroderma: A
M Abellan Lopez1, C Philandrianos2, A Daumas3
1Plastic Surgery Department, La Conception Hospital, AP-HM, 13005 Marseille, France; Aix Marseille University, INSERM, INRA, C2VN, 13005 Marseille, France.
Background:
Combining fat graft with platelet derived products is now common practice in regenerative surgery. We proposed to assess the safety and efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) addition to a micro-lipofilling protocol for facial treatment of patients suffering from Systemic Sclerosis (SSc).
Objective:
Main objective was to evaluate the improvement of the Mouth Handicap In Systemic Sclerosis (MHISS) scale score at 6 months post-therapy.
Method:
Included SSc patients had a MHISS score equal or up to 20. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia. Micro-fat and PRP (CCA-NA from DEPA Classification) were mixed in a 70/30 ratio, before injection in peri-oral sites according to a specific protocol. Efficacy criteria were recorded at baseline, 3 and 6 months. Moreover, we compared this cohort (current study) to a former (2015) non-enriched micro-lipofilling cohort in the same indication, using the same protocol.
Results:
Thirteen women patients with mean age of 53.2 years (±14.3) have been included. At baseline, mean MHISS score was 29.5 (±8.7) and significantly decreased to 22.5 (±7.8) at 6 months (P=0.016), corresponding to a 22.0% of improvement from baseline, with a mean decrease of 6.5 points (±7.5) at 6 months. Patients received a mean volume of 30.8ml PRP-micro-fat (±8.1ml).
Conclusion:
PRP addition appeared beneficial, however, controlled studies are required to determine its superiority to facial micro-lipofilling.
