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Published on: May 25, 2012
Platelet-rich fibrin improves the osteoneogenesis in non-critical defects in calvaria: a histological and histometric
Evans Soares de Oliveira1, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho1, Marcos Sigwalt1
1Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná - Program in Principles of Surgery - Intituto de Pesquisas Médicas - Curitiba (Paraná) - Brazil.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) and autograft on non-critical bone repair.
Methods:
Four bone defects (8.3 × 2 mm) were produced on the calvarium of 15 rabbits. The surgical defects were treated with either autograft, autograft associated to PRF, PRF alone, and sham. Animals were euthanized on the second, fourth or sixth posteoperative week. Histological analyses for presence of bone development on deffect was evaluated comparing the groups treated with autograft and without the autograft separately within the same period. Mann-Whitney's tests were used to compare the percentage of bone repair in each post-operative period for autograft × autograft + PRF groups and also for control × PRF groups (α = 5%).
Results:
No differences were observed between the groups that received autograft and autograft associated to PRF on the second and fourth postoperative week, but areas treated with PRF demonstrated significant osteogenesis when compared to sham group on the fourth and sixth weeks. The groups that received PRF (with autograft or alone) demonstrated an enlarged bone deposition when compared to their control group.
Conclusions:
The use of PRF may influence bone repair and improve the bone deposition in late period of repair demonstrating osteoconductive and osteogenic properties.
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