What is it about?
Intra‐articular injection of PRP is an effective treatment that reduced pain and improved functional status in patients with KOA. The clinical outcomes of the intra‐articular injections of PRP are associated with improved synovial hypertrophy and vascularity scores, and less effusion.
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Why is it important?
New treatment for OA that can lead to improvement of the outcome and QoL of OA patients OA = Osteo-Arthritis
Perspectives
PRP and HA intra‐articular injections as mono‐therapeutic options for primary KOA are associated with structural and US changes that lead to improving the outcomes of the disease.
Ibrahim Shady
Mansoura University
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This page is a summary of: Clinical outcomes are associated with changes in ultrasonographic structural appearance after platelet-rich plasma treatment for knee osteoarthritis, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, May 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13315.
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