Introduction: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has gained increasing popularity in the orthopedic field. There has been still no consensus on PRP preparation technique, thus providing a variety of final PRP products. Different preparation techniques lead to different compositions of PRP, which include platelet concentration, the number of leukocytes, and their subtypes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a musculoskeletal disease that leads to pain, stiffness, and deformity of the load-bearing knee joints. Biologic products including platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) are now in the spotlight for the treatment of KOA owing to their role of disease-modifying potential effect. There are still limited studies on the survival rate of KOA treated with biological intervention.
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