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Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair + Platelet-Rich Plasma To Reduce Retear Rates

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September 2024

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair + Platelet-Rich Plasma To Reduce Retear Rates

Vol: 306| Issue: 9| Number:10| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair combined with platelet-rich plasma products can reduce the rate of retearing and improve clinical outcomes: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Medicine (Baltimore) . 2024 May 3;103(18):e38069.

Contributing Authors:
Z Shen X Ye Y He G Shen K Xu B Zhang L Wu

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Synopsis

This meta-analysis included 21 randomized controlled trials involving 1,359 patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears. The study compared arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) with PRP supplementation versus ARCR without PRP. Pooled outcomes included retearing rates, Constant–Murley score, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) score, visual analog scale (VAS) score, and American Sho...

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