Rotator cuff repair augmented with endogenous fibrin clot.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.eats.2012.03.002 and PMC identifier 3678671.
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Abstract
Despite recent technical advances, rotator cuff repair continues to have a high retear rate. Recent research focused on biologic augmentation of rotator cuff repair with platelet-rich plasma has shown mixed results, and use of an endogenous fibrin clot from either peripheral blood or bone marrow may have advantages over the use of platelet-rich plasma. This technique describes a method to make an endogenous fibrin clot and arthroscopically apply the fibrin clot to the superior surface of the rotator cuff repair site.
Anatomy
- shoulder