The use of platelet-rich fibrin as a hemostatic material in oral soft tissues.
Carlos Fernando de Almeida Barros MourãoMônica Diuana Calasans-MaiaRafael Coutinho de Mello MachadoRodrigo Figueiredo de Brito ResendeGutemberg Gomes AlvesPublished in: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (2018)
The control of postoperative bleeding represents one of the main intercurrent events associated with soft tissue surgical procedures in the oral cavity. In this context, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) membranes are materials with great potential for optimizing soft tissue healing and induction of hemostasis. This interventional case series describes the treatment of 10 patients with excisional biopsy of benign oral cavity lesions, following a screening sequence at the surgery clinic of a Brazilian dental school between the years of 2015 and 2017. After treatment with PRF, patients presented mean time for postoperative hemostasis of 10.3 ± 2.5 s, requiring the average use of three membranes to cover the surgical area. The results suggest that the use of platelet-rich fibrin membranes may represent a feasible alternative hemostatic material for the treatment of oral lesions.
Keyphrases
- soft tissue
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- minimally invasive
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- newly diagnosed
- physical activity
- ejection fraction
- gene expression
- mental health
- atrial fibrillation
- peritoneal dialysis
- platelet rich plasma
- risk assessment
- combination therapy
- climate change
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery bypass
- amino acid