Fractal analysis in the characterization of collagens type I and III in dermal wounds treated with different sources of platelet rich plasma

Submitted by Adriana Martinez (amartinez@unoeste.br) on 2018-02-20T17:29:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriela Haro de Melo.pdf: 1119579 bytes, checksum: f99d268fab2103015abb1dca2740c64b (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-20T17:29:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gabriela Haro de Melo.pdf: 1119579 bytes, checksum: f99d268fab2103015abb1dca2740c64b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-18 Due to its high concentration of growth factors, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has become the subject of much research, either as an isolated or adjuvant treatment for wound repair. The fractal dimension has been used as an innovative method for the characterization and quantification of tissue structural alterations without any interference from the evaluator. The objective of this study was characterizing collagen types I and III in experimentally induced wounds and treated with different PRP sources by means of fractal dimension and other histological analyzes using blades stained with picrocirius-red and hematoxylin-eosin (HE). In statistical analysis, the variables presented a non-parametric distribution; thus, Mann-Whitney and Kruskall-Wallis tests (p