GENERAL ORTHOPAEDICS
PRP reduces donor site knee pain in bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL reconstruction
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2012 Jan;20(1):114-20. doi: 10.1007/s00167-011-1570-5. Epub 2011 Jun 1640 patients who required bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL reconstruction were randomized to have platelet-rich plasma (PRP) gel applied or no PRP additive to determine its effect on pain and donor-site morbidity following surgery. Visual Analog Scales (VAS), Victorian Institute Sport Assessment scores and MRI analysis were recorded 12 months postoperatively. The results suggested that patients who received application of PRP gel experienced less pain through the VISA scale compared to those who did not, but VAS scores and donor-site morbidity did not differ between groups.
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