Uso de plasma rico em plaquetas em úlceras de córnea em cães

  • Merlini, Natalie B.
  • Fonzar, Joice Furtado
  • Perches, Cíntia Sesso
  • Sereno, Maria Guadalupe
  • Souza, Vivian Lima de
  • Rodas, Natália Rodrigues
  • Padovan, Carlos Roberto
  • Brandão, Cláudia Valéria Seullner
  • Ranzani, José Joaquim Titton
Publication date
January 2014
Journal
issn:0102-0935

Abstract

This study aims to clinically and macroscopically evaluate the adjuvant therapy with platelet-rich plasma in the form of eyedrops or clot, for corneal ulcers in dogs treated at the Veterinary Ophthalmology Service. We analyzed 20 eyes diagnosed with ulcerative keratitis, divided into two experimental groups. The eyedrop group (GC) was composed of eyes treated topically with eyedrops of autologous plateletrich plasma (PRP), and the clot group (GT) was composed of eyes treated with a platelet-rich clot and covered with a third eyelid for retention of the clot. The groups were evaluated by clinical and macroscopic analysis and by the analysis of epithelial defect reduction, at different times, at three, five, ten, 15 and 30 days, except for th...

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