Acceptability of biologic treatments to patients undergoing rotator cuff repair

Based upon these survey responses, the biologic treatment options most acceptable to patients would be a pill or injection, administered for up to 3 months after surgery, with fewer than 10% of patients experiencing side effects. Most patients were willing to undergo a biologic treatment even if it only increased their likelihood of success by 10%. Therefore, based on these results, researchers and physicians developing biologic treatments could focus on avenues that only slightly increase success rates and can be administered within 3 months of surgery provided there is a favorable side effect profile.