| Literature DB >> 16368279 |
Ankur Gandhi1, Christopher Doumas, Christopher Dumas, J Patrick O'Connor, J Russell Parsons, Sheldon S Lin.
Abstract
Several studies have documented that diabetes impairs bone healing clinically and experimentally. The percutaneous delivery of platelet rich plasma (PRP) was used in the diabetic BB Wistar femur fracture model to investigate the use of PRP as a concentrated source of critical early growth factors on bone healing. PRP delivery at the fracture site normalized the early (cellular proliferation and chondrogenesis) parameters while improving the late (mechanical strength) parameters of diabetic fracture healing. These results suggest a role for PRP in mediating diabetic fracture healing and potentially other high risk fractures.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16368279 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.10.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bone ISSN: 1873-2763 Impact factor: 4.398