Management of Delayed Union of Tibial Shaft Fractures by Platelet Rich Plasma | ||||
| Benha Journal of Applied Sciences | ||||
| Article 29, Volume 5, Issue 8 part (1) - (2), December 2020, Page 179-183 PDF (386.96 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Research Papers | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bjas.2020.187185 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M.A. Mashhour; M.E. Al-Ashhab; E.M. Bayoumi; A.M. Samy | ||||
| Orthopedic Surgery Dept., Faculty of Medicine, Benha Univ., Benha, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The aim was to evaluate the results of platelet rich plasma (PRP) infusion in postponed joined tibial cracks. Development factors have a part in angiogenesis and osteogenesis by upgrade of separation of undifferentiated mesenchymal cells. Platelets are wealthy in these development factors. The point of use of PRP in crack site to upgrade osteogenesis. Sixteen patients with postponed joined tibial shaft cracks were overseen by PRP infusion and surveyed from April 2018 till April 2019 at Banha University Hospital. Postoperative appraisal was done clinically and radiologically by radiological association size of tibia (RUST). Last evaluation was done at a half year postoperatively and the outcomes were as per the following: Complete crack recuperating was acquired in 14 patients (87.5%) with mean time 3.07 ± 0.92 with range 2 - a half year, and just two patients (12.5%) didn't show any association after development for a half year and was named as disappointment of treatment. No complexities identified with careful procedure were noticed. A few patients created subcutaneous expanding of not many centimeters in width at the infusion site. Platelet-rich plasma is a protected and powerful treatment of deferred association tibial shaft fractures. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Delayed union; PRP | ||||
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