The disease involves local degeneration of tendon tissue, of which regeneration may be improved by injecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP), an increasingly used therapy for releasing growth factors into degenerative tendon. However, high-quality randomised clinical trials on this topic are lacking. The ...
Conclusion: Platelet-rich fibrin matrix was not shown to significantly improve perioperative morbidity, clinical outcomes, or structural integrity. While longer term follow-up or different platelet-rich plasma formulations may show differences, early follow-up does not show significant improvement in periop...