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Autologous blood products in rotator cuff repair.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Sports Injury Unit, Meir University Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Medicine and sport science 01/2012; 57:65-75. DOI:10.1159/000328904
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT We review the management of rotator cuff tears, the mechanism of action of autologous blood products, principally platelet-rich plasma, and the current evidence for effective use of platelet-rich plasma, particularly in relation to the shoulder and chronic rotator cuff tears, for biological augmentation of rotator cuff repair.

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Keywords

autologous blood products
 
biological augmentation
 
chronic rotator cuff tears
 
rotator cuff
 
rotator cuff tears