Rotator cuff repair augmented with endogenous fibrin clot

Christopher S Proctor

doi:10.1016/j.eats.2012.03.002

Rotator cuff repair augmented with endogenous fibrin clot

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

Author

Christopher S Proctor¹

Affiliation

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

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.