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Arthrosc Tech. 2012 May 18;1(1):e79-82. doi: 10.1016/j.eats.2012.03.002. Print 2012 Sep.

Rotator cuff repair augmented with endogenous fibrin clot.

Arthroscopy techniques

Christopher S Proctor

Affiliations

  1. Alta Orthopaedics, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

PMID: 23766981 PMCID: PMC3678671 DOI: 10.1016/j.eats.2012.03.002

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.

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