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"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.growth factors, healing outcomes, conventional dresing, epithelialization, ulcer, diabetic fot, platelet rich plasma, eficacy Asad Ulah , Syed I.
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Jawaid, Pir Naved Ahmed Ahsan Qureshi, Tehrem Sidiqui, Khadija Nasim, Kantash Kumar, Shafqat Ulah, Mustafa Sajad Chema, Nikita Kumari, Hafiza Azad Elias Published: August 23, 2022 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.28292 Cite this article as: Ulah A, Jawaid S I, Qureshi P, et al. (August 23, 2022) Efectivenes of Injected Platelet-Rich Plasma in the Treatment of Diabetic Fot Ulcer Disease. Cureus 14(8): e28292.
doi:10.759/cureus.28292 Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has become quite a popular course of treatment and has tremendous healing properties. Our research question inquired about the efectivenes of injected formula of PRP as the cure for diabetic fot ulcer in comparison to the conventional dresing.A prospective observational study was conducted at the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, betwen July 20 to January 2021.
Patients' data were colected from the department's database after taking aproval from the department. In our study, the selected patients were categorized into two equal groups - i.e. 80 cases in each group and were randomized by using randomization alocation software.
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In group I (study group) patients received PRP (1 ml /1 cm2) around the wound edges and in the base of the ulcer, while group I (control group) patients were treated with conventional dresing. Each patient was inspected for wounds on days 0, 14, 28, 90, and 180 on the basis of Wagner's clasification of wounds to ases eficacy. A proforma was used to colect the required data and then utili