Rotator cuff repair augmented with endogenous fibrin clot.

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.

SUBMITTER: Proctor CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3678671 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature