2022•PlateletsRequires access
Comparison of the effects of platelet concentrates produced by high and low-speed centrifugation protocols on the healing of critical-size defects in rat calvaria: a microtomographic and histomorphometric study
Lucia Moitrel Pequeno da Silva, Débora de Souza Ferreira Sávio, Felipe Correa de Ávila, Raphael M. Vicente, Gabriel Guerra David Reis, Ricardo Júnior Denardi, Natacha Malu Miranda da Costa, Pedro Henrique Félix Silva, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Richard J. Miron, Michel Reis Messora
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Abstract
The current study evaluated the healing of critical-size defects (CSD) created in rat calvaria treated with platelet concentrates produced by high-speed (Leukocyte- and Platelet-Rich Fibrin - L-PRF) and low-speed (Advanced Platelet-Rich Fibrin - A-PRF) protocols of centrifugation. Twenty-four rats were distributed into three groups: Control, L-PRF, and A-PRF. Five mm diameter CSD were created on the animals' calvaria. The defects of the L-PRF and A-PRF groups were filled with 0.01 ml of L-PRF and A-PRF, respectively. The control group defects were filled with a blood clot only. All animals were euthanized on the 35th postoperative day. Histomorphometric and microtomographic analyses were then performed. The L-PRF and A-PRF groups had significantly higher bone volume and neoformed bone area than those of the control group and lowered bone porosity values (p < .05). No significant differences were observed between A-PRF and L-PRF groups for the analyzed parameters. Therefore, it can be concluded that i) L-PRF and A-PRF potentiated the healing of CSD in rat calvaria; ii) high and low-speed centrifugation protocols did not produce PRF matrices with different biological impacts on the amount of bone neoformation.