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ReviewPeriodontology 20002025

L-PRF in extra-oral wound care.

Nelson Pinto, Jize Yu, Sushil Koirala, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Catherine Andrade, Enrico Rescigno, Yelka Zamora, Diego Pinto, Marc Quirynen

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Review in Periodontology 2000, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Nelson PintoCenter of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4676-3359
Jize YuDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, KU Leuven & University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sushil KoiralaPunyaarjan- Chronic Wound Healing Program, Punyaarjan Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Carlos Fernando MourãoDepartment of Periodontology, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5775-0222
Catherine AndradeFaculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
Enrico RescignoDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Leonardi e Riboli Hospital, Lavagna, Genoa, Italy.
Yelka ZamoraAdvanced Wound Care Clinic, San José, Costa Rica.
Diego PintoResident in Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital Traumatológico Concepción, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.ORCID 0009-0002-4985-4288
Marc QuirynenDepartment of Oral Health Sciences, KU Leuven & University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8253-3908

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leukocyte- and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF), a by-product of centrifuged autologous whole blood, contains high concentrations of platelets, leukocytes, and fibrin (the latter spontaneously creating a strong 3-D network (a membrane)). L-PRF membranes possess several characteristics essential in wound healing, including a barrier function, an antibacterial and analgesic activity, and the release of growth factors enhancing tissue regeneration and neo-vasculogenesis. This review investigated the role of L-PRF in treating non-responding chronic wounds such as diabetic foot, venous leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, complex wounds, leprosy ulcers (Hansen's Disease), and other demanding wounds. Chronic wounds affect millions worldwide, negatively impacting their quality of life, productivity, and life expectancy while incurring high treatment costs for themselves and private and public health systems. L-PRF has demonstrated clear adjunctive advantages in treating chronic skin wounds, shortening the time to complete wound closure, and improving patient-reported outcome measures (including reducing pain and minimizing the need for analgesics). Also, in other demanding wounds, L-PRF facilitates healing. To help clinicians, this article also proposes recommendations for the use of L-PRF in the treatment of extra-oral wounds.

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LeukocytesPlatelet-Rich FibrinWound HealingWounds and InjuriesChronic DiseaseDiabetic FootHumansPressure Ulcerchronic non‐healing ulcerdiabetic foot ulcerextra‐oral woundleprosy ulcerleukocyte‐ and platelet‐rich fibrinpressure ulcervenous leg ulcer

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PMID39305000
PMCPMC11808448

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