title: Autologous platelet rich plasma in chronic venous ulcers: study of 17 cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Venous ulcers are wounds that are thought to occur due to improper functioning of venous valves, usually of the legs. They are the major cause of chronic wounds, occurring in 70% to 90% of chronic wound cases. The treatment of venous ulcers also entails substantial costs. Autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a simple office based procedure which helps in enhancing the wound healing by releasing many growth factors like platelet derived growth factors, fibroblast derived growth factors and epidermal growth factors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the efficacy of autologous platelet rich plasma in the management of chronic venous ulcer.
  
  
  METHODS
  12 patients with 17 venous ulcers were treated with PRP and treatment outcome was measured by percentage of improvement in area and volume of the ulcer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  12 patients with 17 ulcers were treated with PRP. The mean age of the patients was 33.5 years (SD 9.82). 10 were males and 2 were females. The mean duration of the healing of the ulcers was in 5.1 weeks (SD 3.1). The mean percentage improvement in the area and volume of the ulcer was 94.7% (SD 11.12) and 95.6% (SD 10.19) respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PRP is safe, simple and effective procedure in treating chronic venous ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, STD and Leprosy, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sacchidanand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarvajnamurthy
authors.forename: Shwetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suryanarayan
authors.forename: Leelavathy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Budamakuntala
authors.forename: Deepak Hurkudli
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Suresh
keywords: Non healing; platelet rich plasma; venous ulcers
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