The role of the platelet-rich plasma in accelerating the wound-healing process and recovery in patients being operated for pilonidal sinus disease: Preliminary results

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1764-1769

  Spyridakis, Michail ^a   Christodoulidis, Gregory ^a   Chatzitheofilou, Constantine ^a   Symeonidis, Dimitris ^a   Tepetes, Konstantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; THROMBIN; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL WOUND; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; PILONIDAL SINUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 68149126709     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0046-y     Document Type: Article

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