Platelet-rich plasma speeds healing after C-section, study finds!

The use of Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) microinjection during cesarean section could enhance wound healing and alleviate the need for analgesics/pain killers, found a study issued in the Medicina (Kaunas).

Michał Barwijuk et al. included 46 patients undergoing CS, divided into two groups: 23 in the PRP group and 23 in the placebo group. 

Results indicated that the application of PRP remarkably improved surgical wound healing. Scar quality was evaluated using the patient-recorded POSAS score (Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale) at different time points post-surgery. Notably, no cases of dehiscence were reported in either group. Although there were no significant differences in postoperative pain intensity (as assessed by the visual analogue scale), the women who were treated with PRP presented reduced analgesic needs (lesser daily paracetamol doses) than the control group.