Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Do Not Improve the Recovery After Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Arthroscopic meniscectomy is one of the most performed surgical procedures in orthopaedics. Different approaches have been proposed to improve patient recovery but with unsatisfactory results. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) augmentation has been proposed as a strategy to improve the recovery after meniscectomy.

Purpose

To investigate the clinical benefits of an intra-articular PRP injection after meniscectomy, in terms of faster and better patient recovery.

Study design

Randomized controlled trial; Level of evidence, 1.

Methods

Ninety patients were randomized into a treatment group, with arthroscopic partial meniscectomy immediately followed by a 5-mL injection of autologous conditioned plasma, and a control group with partial meniscectomy alone. Patient

SUBMITTER: Lo Presti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542319 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature