%0 Journal Article
%T Double membrane platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) - Synovium succeeds in regenerating cartilage defect at the knee: An experimental study on rabbit.
%A Taufik S A
%A Dirja BT
%A Utomo DN
%A Usman MA
%A Sakti M
%A Saleh MR
%A Hatta M
%A Budu 
%J Heliyon
%V 9
%N 2
%D Feb 2023
%M 36747521
%F 3.776
%R 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13139
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This study aims to prove the healing results (regeneration) in cartilage defects using a combination treatment of microfractures and transplantation synovium-platelet rich fibrin (S-PRF).<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A cartilage defect was made in the trochlear groove of the knee of adult New Zealand white rabbits, and was classified into three treatment groups. The group 1 was cartilage defect without treatment, 2 with microfracture treatment, and 3 with microfracture covered with a synovium-platelet rich fibrin (S-PRF) membrane. Twelve weeks after the intervention, the animals were macroscopically and histologically examined, and evaluated by the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS). Additionally, the expression of aggrecan and type 2 collagen was examined by real-time-PCR.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The ICSR scores for macroscopic were significantly higher in the microfracture and S-PRF transplant group than in the other groups. Also, the ICSR scores for histology were significantly higher in this group. The expression of aggrecan and type 2 collagen was higher in the group that received complete treatment.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Microfractures and transplantation of synovium-platelet rich fibrin (S-PRF) can regenerate knee cartilage defects which have been shown to increase the expression of mRNA aggrecan and mRNA type 2 collagen resulting in excellent repair.