Platelet-rich plasma reduces retear rates after arthroscopic repair of small- and medium-sized rotator cuff tears but is not cost-effective

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3071-3076

  Vavken, Patrick ^a,b,c   Sadoghi, Patrick ^d   Palmer, Matthew ^e   Rosso, Claudio ^c,f   Mueller, Andreas M ^c   Szoelloesy, Gregor ^c   Valderrabano, Victor ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^f ALTIUS Swiss Sportmed Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; evidence based medicine; platelet; PRP; rotator cuff

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INJURIES; META ANALYSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SURGERY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHROSCOPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; ROTATOR CUFF; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84948972646     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515572777     Document Type: Article

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