PRP injection 6 months before total shoulder arthroplasty may increase infection risk

NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed platelet-rich plasma injection within 6 months of total shoulder arthroplasty may lead to an increased risk for acute postoperative infection.“PRP is widely assumed to be safe with low risk because it is the patient’s own blood product, but there is no good data that has ever really looked at does it have a complication profile