Ali, W., Shehata, A., Raeif, T., Elyousni, M., Hassan, Y., Badar, D. (2024). Comparative Study between Fat Injection and Platelet Rich Plasma in Post Burn Facial Scar: Clinical and Histological Assessment. The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 48(1), 57-63. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2024.336326
Wagdi M Ali; Abdelrahman M Shehata; Tarek Raeif; Mohamed Elyousni; Youssef Hassan; Dalia Badar. "Comparative Study between Fat Injection and Platelet Rich Plasma in Post Burn Facial Scar: Clinical and Histological Assessment". The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 48, 1, 2024, 57-63. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2024.336326
Ali, W., Shehata, A., Raeif, T., Elyousni, M., Hassan, Y., Badar, D. (2024). 'Comparative Study between Fat Injection and Platelet Rich Plasma in Post Burn Facial Scar: Clinical and Histological Assessment', The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 48(1), pp. 57-63. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2024.336326
Ali, W., Shehata, A., Raeif, T., Elyousni, M., Hassan, Y., Badar, D. Comparative Study between Fat Injection and Platelet Rich Plasma in Post Burn Facial Scar: Clinical and Histological Assessment. The Egyptian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2024; 48(1): 57-63. doi: 10.21608/ejprs.2024.336326
Comparative Study between Fat Injection and Platelet Rich Plasma in Post Burn Facial Scar: Clinical and Histological Assessment
1The Departments of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University
2The Departments of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of MediThe Departments of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut Universitycine, Assiut University
3The Departments of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University
Abstract
Background & Aim: There is no widely approved treatment procedure for post-burn scars, even though many therapy approaches have been promoted. Many previous studies separately evaluated fat injection and platelet rich plasma in treatment of post-burn scar. This study aimed to compare efficacy of both fat injection and platelet rich plasma in improving outcome of post burn facial scar. Patients and Methods: In the current study a total of 60 patients with post-burn facial scar were enrolled. Those patients were randomly subdivided into either fat injection group < br />(n=30) or platelet rich plasma group (PRP) (n=30). Baseline characteristics were recorded in addition to Vancouver score (VS) used to assess the scar and histological evaluation. Results: Most patients were female with no significant differences among both groups regarding different baseline data and scar characteristics. There were no significant differences among the groups regarding baseline Vancouver score (VS) and epidermal thickness, but the fat injection group had significantly lower VS (3.67±1.83 vs 3.87±1.33; p < 0.001) and higher epidermal thickness (362.20±92.73 vs. 255.40±90.00 (um); p < 0.001) during follow-up. There were only two (6.7 percent) cases in the PRP group & four (13.3%) cases in the fat injection group developed conservatively relieved edema. Conclusion: The autologous fat injection was effective and safe technique in improving the outcome of post-burn facial scar as evaluated by Vancouver score and epidermal thickness. It’s recommended to perform such study on large number of patients in multiple centers with longer duration of follow-up < br />to confirm such findings.
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