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Review Question - QID 218158

Platelet-Rich Plasma Clinical Application PRP efficacy is controversial due to small amount of high level studies in literature QID: 218158 (SBQ21SM.85)
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QID 218158 (Type "218158" in App Search)
A 66-year-old recreational pickleball player falls directly onto his shoulder during a match and sustains an acute, traumatic tear of his rotator cuff. He presents to your clinic as a referral from the emergency room for discussion of surgical intervention. The patient's son is a medical student and encourages his father to ask about the possibility of using platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as an adjunct during the procedure, as he had recently seen this done during one of his rotations. Which of the following statements about PRP and its use during rotator cuff tear surgery is true?
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