Skip to main content

Table 4 Centrifugation protocols used in each study

From: Efficacy of platelet-rich fibrin in promoting the healing of extraction sockets: a systematic review

Study

PRF-type

Tube

RPM (RCF [×g])

Centrifugation time (min)

Centrifuge

Castro et al. [41]

L-PRF

9­ml silica-­coated plastic tubes without anticoagulant (BVBCTP-­2, Intra-­Spin, Intra-­Lock)

2700 rpm (RCFclot: 408 g)

12

Intra-­Spin, Intra-­Lock

A-PRF + 

10-ml glass tubes without anticoagulant (DUO) for A-­PRF + 

1300 rpm (RCFclot: 145 g)

8

DUO Process

Sharma et al. [54]

PRF

6 ml intravenous blood was collected in a 10-ml sterile tube without anticoagulant

3000 rpm

10

LabTech AVI-532-BL centrifugation machine

Mourao et al. [56]

L-PRF

10-ml red tubes (IntraSpin™, Biohorizons®)

2700 rpm (708×g)

12

IntraSpin™, Biohorizons®, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Canellas et al. [47]

L-PRF

sterile, glass-coated plastic tubes

2700 (708×g)

12

Intra-Lock, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Srinivas et al. [48]

L-PRF

10 ml test tubes which were kept without an anticoagulant

3000 rpm

10

Not reported

Ahmed et al. [53]

L-PRF

Not reported

3000 rpm

10

Not reported

Areewong et al. [55]

L-PRF

Glass tube

2700 rpm

12

IntraSpin, Intra-Lock, Nice, France

Ustaoglu et al. [42]

L-PRF

9 mL tubes

2700 rpm

12

Intra-Spin System, L-PRF kit, Intra-Lock, Boca-Raton, FL, USA

T-PRF

Grade IV sterile titanium tubes

2800 rpm

12

Not reported

Giudice et al. [40]

A-PRF + 

A-PRF + tubes

1300 rpm

8

DUO centrifuge (Process for PRF, Nice, France);

L-PRF

Red tubes

2700 rpm

18

(Intra-Lock International, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Zhang et al. [49]

L-PRF

test tubes without any anticoagulant

400×g

10

Hettich® Universal 320 (Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co.KG, Tuttlingen, Germany)

Kumar et al. [43]

PRF

Not reported

3000 rpm

10

Not reported

Asmael et al. [58]

PRF

Five or ten milliliters of intravenous blood was drawn in 10 mL glass vacuumed tube without anticoagulants

3000 rpm

10

Centrifuge machine (Xiangtian, Jiangsu China)

Clark et al. [39]

A-PRF

01 mL sterile glass vacuum tube

1300 rpm

8

Not reported

Alzahrani et al. [44]

PRF

Not reported

3000 (400×g)

10

Compact centrifuge (Hermle labortechnik, Germany)

Temmerman et al. [50]

L-PRF

Plastic 10-mL tubes without anticoagulant

2700 rpm

12

(IntraSpinâ„¢, IntraLock, Boca Raton, Florida, USA)

Marenzi et al. [57]

L-PRF

9-mL tubes

2700 rpm

12

Intra-Lock, Boca-Raton, FL, USA

Suttapreyasri et al. [45]

L-PRF

10-mL glass tube

3000 rpm

10

Hettich Zentrifugen centrifuge EBA 20 (Andreas Hettich GmbH& Co, KG,

Tuttlingen, Germany

Hauser et al. [46]

PRF

8-mL tubes without anticoagulant

2700 rpm

8

Not reported

Thakkar et al. [52]

PRF

10 ml syringe

3000 rpm

10

Not reported

Yewale et al. [51]

A-PRF + 

10-mL tubes without anticoagulants

1300 rpm (208×g)

8

Not reported