The "Cascade" membrane: A new PRP device for tendon ruptures. Description and case report on rotator cuff tendon

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-226

  Maniscalco, Pietro ^a   Gambera, Dario ^a   Lunati, Andrea ^b   Vox, Giovanni ^a   Fossombroni, Vittorio ^b   Beretta, Roberto ^c   Crainz, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Cascade Medical Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Rotator cuff tear; Tendon healing

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; FIBRIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ARTHROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHROSCOPY; FIBRIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; ROTATOR CUFF; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 63049136662     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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