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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Platelet-Rich Plasma Intra-Articular Injection Versus Hyaluronic Acid Viscosupplementation as Treatments for Cartilage Pathology: From Early Degeneration to Osteoarthritis

Autologous PRP injections showed more and longer efficacy than HA injections in reducing pain and symptoms and recovering articular function. Better results were achieved in younger and more active patients with a low degree of cartilage degeneration, whereas a worse outcome was obtained in more degenerated joints and in older patients, in whom results similar to those of viscosupplementation have been observed.
Elizaveta Kon, Bert Mandelbaum, Roberto Buda, Giuseppe Filardo, Marco Delcogliano, Antonio Timoncini, Pier Maria Fornasari, Sandro Giannini, Maurilio Marcacci, Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - 11 August 2011 (10.1016/j.arthro.2011.05.011) PDF

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