PRP - Platelet Rich Plasma: What is it? What is it for?

normal.It is, in fact, a completely natural blood-derived substance, which is obtained by centrifugation, after the withdrawal of a limited amount of blood from the patient himself (we speak, in fact, of autologous origin of the PRP: this means that, as in transfusions blood or other methods, donor and recipient are the same person).

Treatment with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) normally involves one or more infiltrations in the affected site.

, whose main function is related to the coagulation and hemostasis process. However, these are also a "reservoir" of growth factors, which play a fundamental role in tissue repair, in response to an injury of pathological or traumatic origin.

Growth factors (also known in the English form "growth factor") are proteins variously involved in stimulating cell proliferation and maturation, modulating inflammation and activating other cells, regulating tissue homeostasis and are very important in wound healing and regenerative processes.