The Use of Hyaluronic Acid and Corticosteroid Injections Among Medicare Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 351-355

  Koenig, Karl M ^a   Ong, Kevin L ^b   Lau, Edmund C ^b   Vail, Thomas P ^c   Berry, Daniel J ^d   Rubash, Harry E ^e   Kurtz, Steven ^b,d   Bozic, Kevin J ^f  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injections; Hyaluronic acid; Intra articular injections; Knee osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; VISCOSUPPLEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MEDICARE; TREND STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; UNITED STATES; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS;

EID: 84957841419     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.08.024     Document Type: Article

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