Can a blood clot help heal a rotator cuff tear?

Blood Clots Heal Rotator Cuff Tears (Biloine Young @ OTW)
Can a blood clot help heal a rotator cuff tear? Christopher S. Proctor, M.D., writing in Arthroscopy Techniques, believes it can. In his article he notes that a significant number of rotator cuff repairs re-tear in the first six months. To resolve this problem, Proctor refers to recent research that has focused on the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Platelets contain and release a number of growth factors and studies indicate that these growth factors benefit tendon healing.
But not every time. Results of rotator cuff repairs that ha...


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