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

Kon, Elizaveta; R. Mandelbaum, Bert; Buda, Roberto; Filardo, Giuseppe; Delcogliano, Marco; Timoncini, Antonio; Maria Fornasari, Pier; Giannini, Sandro; Marcacci, Maurilio

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2011.05.011

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

Published in Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery • Aug 11, 2011

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Elizaveta Kon

Bert R. Mandelbaum

Roberto Buda

Abstract

PURPOSE: 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). METHODS: The study involved 150 patients affected by car...

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Viscosupplementation

Platelet-rich plasma

Medicine

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