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Therapy with Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Orthopedics and Sports Traumatology: Literature Review, Evidence and Personal Experience

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The use of platelet rich plasma therapy is relatively recent in orthopedic and sports medicine. Despite the potential benefits for a quick recovery, many physicians still have doubts about the effective role of the treatment. This chapter revises the basic principles and laboratory studies that made the background for the clinical application of the PRP treatment. Also, we wrote about or personal experience, comparing with the more recently literature in the most important diagnostic in orthopedic and sports medicine.

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  1. Center for Orthopedics, Center for Research in Sports and Orthopedics, Samaritano Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Rogério T. da Silva

  2. Titular Member of the Brazilian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SBOT), Samaritano Hospital, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Fernando Heidrich

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  1. Research Institute of Sports Medicine, Orthopedics and Regeneration - iMOR, Uberaba, Brazil

    José Fábio Santos Duarte Lana

  2. Department of Biotechnological Processes, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

    Maria Helena Andrade Santana

  3. Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

    William Dias Belangero

  4. Haematology and Hemotherapy Center, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

    Angela Cristina Malheiros Luzo

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da Silva, R.T., Heidrich, F. (2014). Therapy with Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Orthopedics and Sports Traumatology: Literature Review, Evidence and Personal Experience. In: Lana, J., Andrade Santana, M., Dias Belangero, W., Malheiros Luzo, A. (eds) Platelet-Rich Plasma. Lecture Notes in Bioengineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40117-6_6

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