A prospective randomised trial comparing intra-articular Hyalgan injection and arthroscopic washout for knee osteoarthritis

Knee

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-293

  Forster, M C ^a,c   Straw, R ^b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Sodium hyaluronate; Viscosupplementation

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041667985     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0160(02)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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