In all, 88 patients were randomly assigned to receive arthroscopic rotator cuff repair without or with augmentation with autologus platelet-rich fibrin matrix. After a 16-month follow-up, there was no statistically significant difference in total Constant score between the two groups. There was also no statistically significant difference in MRI tendon score between the two groups.
The authors of the study suggest it may be possible that other preparations are more effective than the methods used during this study.
Read the abstract for “Platelet-Rich Plasma Augmentation for Arthroscopic Rotator cuff Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial.”
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