The use of topical platelet-rich plasma on second degree burn injury: An experimental study

Burn is a tissue injury due to extreme heat, electrical, radiation, corrosive chemical and friction sources. It is one of the major reasons of death and inability and accounts the fourth cause of injuries worldwide. Partial thickness burn damages the epidermis and part of the dermis. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used in several surgeries and showed a positive result regarding the healing process. In this study, 20 Wistar rats were applied the PRP and 20 others were control Histopathological analysis was done confirming the partial-thickness burn injury. The mean of weight in the control group was 276.2(±14.00) grams compared to 278.7(±11.86) grams in the PRP group, having no statistical difference (p-value 0.609)