A Novel Method of Obtaining Platelet Rich Fibrin from Rats and Quantifying Platelet Count.
Alexandru Florian Grecu, D Grecu, Oliviu Nica, Eduard Mihai Ciucă, Adrian Camen, Marius Eugen Ciurea
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Alexandru Florian Grecu, D Grecu, Oliviu Nica, Eduard Mihai Ciucă, Adrian Camen, Marius Eugen Ciurea
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Rat experimentation is the first line of research by which a medical hypothesis is usually tested. Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) is a relatively new bio-material that has shown promise to enhance healing in the field of bone research and tissue engineering. In order to perform PRF based experiments on rats, a proper protocol of obtaining PRF from rats needs to be established. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 35 Wistar rats were used to obtain PRF by using cardiac puncture blood draw and quick subsequent centrifugation. The PRF samples wereanalyzed and compared to standard literature PRF composition. RESULTS: PRF samples analysis showed persistent results pertaining to known PRF composition. CONCLUSIONS: Our experiment has shown that our protocol of obtaining PRF is capable of providing high quality PRF from rats.
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Rat experimentation is the first line of research by which a medical hypothesis is usually tested. Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) is a relatively new bio-material that has shown promise to enhance healing in the field of bone research and tissue engineering. In order to perform PRF based experiments on rats, a proper protocol of obtaining PRF from rats needs to be established. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 35 Wistar rats were used to obtain PRF by using cardiac puncture blood draw and quick subsequent centrifugation. The PRF samples wereanalyzed and compared to standard literature PRF composition. RESULTS: PRF samples analysis showed persistent results pertaining to known PRF composition. CONCLUSIONS: Our experiment has shown that our protocol of obtaining PRF is capable of providing high quality PRF from rats.
Key concepts: Platelet-rich fibrin, Medicine, Fibrin, Platelet, Platelet concentrate, Centrifugation, Biomedical engineering, Thrombelastography