TY - JOUR
KW - Hansen disease
KW - leprosy
KW - Nonhealing ulcer
KW - PRF
KW - Platelet rich fibrin
KW - Treatment
KW - Trophic ulcer
AU - Vendhan S
AU - Neema S
AU - Vasudevan B
AU - Krishnan L
AU - Gera V
AB - <p>Autologous platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) therapy is beneficial in the treatment of nonhealing ulcers. We present a case series of nonhealing, trophic ulcers with underlying leprous neuropathy, treated successfully with PRF therapy. It was a prospective study, conducted in a tertiary care hospital in the western Maharashtra, India between April 2021 and March 2022. A total of 11 patients with 18 nonhealing trophic ulcers were included in the study and consisted of 8 men and 3 women. The patient's median age was 41 years (range, 33-68), the median size of the ulcers was 4 cm (range: 1-12 cm), the median duration of ulcers was 20 weeks (16-30 weeks), and time to heal after starting treatment was 4 weeks (range: 1-8 weeks). PRF is an easy-to-use, simple, safe, effective, and economical treatment for the management of trophic ulcers.</p>
BT - Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39483664
DA - 01/2024
DO - 10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_192_22
IS - 3
J2 - J Cutan Aesthet Surg
LA - ENG
M3 - Article
N2 - <p>Autologous platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) therapy is beneficial in the treatment of nonhealing ulcers. We present a case series of nonhealing, trophic ulcers with underlying leprous neuropathy, treated successfully with PRF therapy. It was a prospective study, conducted in a tertiary care hospital in the western Maharashtra, India between April 2021 and March 2022. A total of 11 patients with 18 nonhealing trophic ulcers were included in the study and consisted of 8 men and 3 women. The patient's median age was 41 years (range, 33-68), the median size of the ulcers was 4 cm (range: 1-12 cm), the median duration of ulcers was 20 weeks (16-30 weeks), and time to heal after starting treatment was 4 weeks (range: 1-8 weeks). PRF is an easy-to-use, simple, safe, effective, and economical treatment for the management of trophic ulcers.</p>
PY - 2024
SP - 262
EP - 265
T2 - Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
TI - Platelet-rich fibrin therapy in the management of nonhealing trophic ulcers due to underlying leprous neuropathy.
UR - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11497549/pdf/JCAS-17-262.pdf
VL - 17
SN - 0974-2077
ER -