Venipuncture for the Application of Blood Concentrates

Prof Shahram Ghanaati is a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery with a triple doctorate in medicine, dentistry, and science (MD, DMD, PhD) from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and Frankfurt. Today he leads the Head and Neck Oncology section at the University Cancer Center at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and is an associate professor in the Clinic of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery there. In 2009, he founded the FORM-Lab (Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine), a research laboratory that performs basic science and clinical studies focusing on understanding the biomaterial-based regeneration process. In his research, Prof Ghanaati has participated in the development of over 10 biomaterials from the bench to the clinic. He has worked with Dr Joseph Choukroun, the inventor of platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), to develop advanced preparation protocols, and in 2016 he and his team established the so-called LSCC (low-speed centrifugation concept) for PRF-derived blood concentrates. Furthermore, he has presented more than 150 lectures at national and international congresses and has given more than 200 courses and workshops on GTR and GBR in implantology as well as on regenerative concepts and blood concentrates. Prof Ghanaati has published more than 170 peer-reviewed publications in the field of regenerative and reconstructive medicine and is a Fellow of the European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Contents
Chapter 01. Venipuncture and Blood Collection Outside the Dental Chair
Chapter 02. Armamentarium Required for Venipuncture
Chapter 03. Vein Anatomy of the Forearm
Chapter 04. How to Place and Adjust the Tourniquet
Chapter 05. Visualizing the Arm Veins
Chapter 06. Butterfly Needles for Blood Collection
Chapter 07. Skin Disinfection Prior to Venipuncture
Chapter 08. Tightening the Skin and Inserting the Needle
Chapter 09. Fixation of the Butterfly to the Forearm Skin
Chapter 10. Attachment of Glass or Plastic Tubes to the Butterfly Connector
Chapter 11. Removal of the Tourniquet and Butterfly Needle from the Arm
Chapter 12. How to Balance the Tubes Within a Centrifuge