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ArticleBMC anesthesiology2025

The effects of platelet-rich plasma on zoster-associated pain: a scoping review.

Hou-Ming Kan, Hong-Yan Ni, Xiao-Tong Ding, Zhi-Xiang Cheng

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Article in BMC anesthesiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hou-Ming Kan *Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, SAR, China.
Hong-Yan Ni *Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Department, Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital Suqian Hospital, Suqian, China.
Xiao-Tong DingSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. yhsyddy@163.com.
Zhi-Xiang ChengPain Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. zhixiangcheng@njmu.edu.cn.

Funding

Jiangsu Province Elderly Health Research Project LKM2023006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This scoping review explores the current status and prospects of platelet-rich plasma in patients with zoster-associated pain. We searched PubMed, Scopus, Medline, Web of Science, CNKI, and WanFang databases for platelet-rich plasma treatment zoster-associated pain trials. The clinical outcomes included pain score, sleep quality, postherpetic neuralgia events, skin temperature, drug dosage, and serum inflammatory factors. By reading the abstract and the complete text, 24 trials were ultimately selected, including 17 randomized controlled trials, five single-arm studies, and two retrospective studies. The use of PRP for the treatment of zoster-associated pain is a novel treatment option that is still being explored, and more high-quality studies are needed in the future to further validate its feasibility.

Indexed as

Herpes ZosterNeuralgia, PostherpeticPlatelet-Rich PlasmaHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicHerpes zosterNeuropathic painPlatelet-rich plasmaPostherpetic neuralgiaRegenerative medicine

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PMID41327000
PMCPMC12777395

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