Research Article

Assessment of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Fresh versus Frozen Platelet Rich Plasma

Table 2

Platelet yield of fresh and one-week and three-week frozen/thawed PRP.

Platelet count ×103/LPlatelet yield value
(mean ± SD)(mean ± SD)

Whole blood282 ± 56
Fresh PRP991.4 ± 3783.5 ± 0.9<0.001
Frozen PRP
(1 week)
453.2 ± 1581.7 ± 0.6<0.001
Frozen PRP
(3 weeks)
441.6 ± 1541.6 ± 0.60.001

Statistically significant difference ().