Platelet-rich plasma intra-articular injection versus hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation as treatments for cartilage pathology: from early degeneration to osteoarthritis.
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Abstract
The aim of our study is to compare the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and
viscosupplementation (hyaluronic acid [HA]) intra-articular injections for the treatment
of knee cartilage degenerative lesions and osteoarthritis (OA).
Title:
Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication
of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy
Association
Publisher:
Elsevier BV
ISSN
(Electronic):
1526-3231
ISSN
(Print):
0749-8063
Publication date
(Electronic):
Nov 2011
Volume: 27
Issue: 11
Affiliations
[1
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Biomechanics Laboratory-III Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.