Purpose: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a protocol using platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to prevent bleeding after dental extraction in patients treated with anticoagulant oral therapy.
Materials And Methods: Forty patients with mechanical heart-value replacement who were treated with anticoagulant oral therapy were selected for the study. Each patient was treated with PRP gel placed into residual alveolar bone after extraction without heparin administration after suspension of oral anticoagulant drugs (36 hours).
Results: Only 2 patients reported hemorrhagic complications (5%). Sixteen patients (40%) had mild bleeding that was easy to control with hemostatic topical agents; this mild bleeding terminated completely 1 to 3 days after the surgical procedures. The remaining 22 patients (55%) presented with adequate hemostasis.
Conclusions: Oral surgery in heart surgical patients under oral anticoagulant therapy may be facilitated with PRP gel. Its use is an advanced and safe procedure. This biological and therapeutical improvement can simplify systemic management and help avoid hemorrhagic and/or thromboembolic complications.
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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