Platelet‐rich plasma and platelet gel preparation using Plateltex® (original) (raw)

Background The platelet gel is made by embedding concentrate platelets within a semisolid (gel) network of polymerized fibrin. It is believed that this blood component will be used more and more in the treatment of several clinical conditions and as an adjunctive material in tissue engineering. Several systems are available to produce platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for topical therapy. Recently, a new system became commercially available, Plateltex®. Here we report the technical performance of this system in comparison with the performance of other commercially available systems: