Researchers assessed 35 consecutive patients with a mean age of 65.3 years who underwent primary arthoscopic repair for posterosuperior full-thickness rotator cuff tears. Eighteen patients were randomly selected to the test group and underwent arthroscopy with leucocyte-and platelet-rich plasma fibrin and 17 patients underwent arthroscopy without platelet-rich concentrates.
Here are five points:
1. Results showed there were no intraoperative and postoperative complications or need for revision surgery.
2. Both subjective shoulder value and simple shoulder test scores improved significantly from preoperative to postoperative measures in both groups.
3. Eleven patients in both groups had anatomic watertight healing.
4. The platelet-rich concentrate group had a mean postoperative defect size of 214 mm² and the comparison group had a mean defect size of 161 mm².
5. Mean postoperative tendon quality as measured by Sugaya grade was not significantly different between the groups at the 12-month follow-up.
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