The body has an amazing capacity to heal itself. When the body becomes injured, a natural healing process occurs to repair the damaged tissue. The body signals platelets and other components in our blood supply to migrate to the site of injury. Under normal conditions, these platelets release a variety of factors that initiate and subsequently promote healing. New advances in medicine have been developed to harness and concentrate these platelets to be precisely introduced to the injury site in an injectable form. The implantation of these platelets from a small amount of the patient’s own blood has the potential to enhance the body’s capacity for healing.
Resources
To learn more about PRP, click the links below.
- Educational Index
- PRP Brochure
- Cascade Autologous Platelet System
- Effects of PRP with Thrombin on Osteoinductivity
- Optimization of Leukocyte Concentration in Platelet-Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Tendinopathy
- A Potential Partnership to Enhance the Healing Capacity of the Fusion Site in Spine
- Comparison of Growth Factors and Platelet Concentrates from Commercial PRP System