Comparison of efficacy of arthroscopic lavage plus administration of corticosteroids, arthroscopic lavage plus administration of placebo, and joint aspiration plus administration of corticosteroids in arthritis of the knee: A randomized controlled trial

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 964-970

  Van Oosterhout, M ^a   Sont, J K ^a   Bajema, I M ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   Van Laar, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthroscopic lavage; Corticosteroids

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC LAVAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEMARTHROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LAVAGE; LOCAL SKIN REACTION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN BLEEDING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845507444     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22340     Document Type: Article

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