Purpose
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the results after HA and PRP intra-articular therapy in patients with OA of the knee
Methods and materials
On the basis of clinical and radiological diagnosis of OA of the knee,
we treated 223 patients with HA (105 pateints in Group A) and we treated withPRP (118 patients in Group B).
Exclusion criteria were rheumatic and hematology diseases.
We performed MRI and clinical (with VAS) and functional evaluation(with WOMAC) before and 1 year after treatment.
We alsodivided the patients into 2 subgroups on the basis of age:in Group Aa we treated 70 patients aged between 62-81; in groupAb we treated 35 patients aged...
Results
In Group Aa: MRI showed an improvement of 60% (10 pre-treatment and 4 after),VAS improvement of 40% and Womac of 65%;Group Ab: MRI showed an improvement of 29% (7 pre-treatment and 5 after) VAS improvement of 52% and Womac of 42%.Group Ba: MRI showed an improvement of 30% ( 10 pre-treatment and 7 after) VAS improvement 36 % and Womac 35% ;in Group Bb:MRI showed an improvement of 86% (7 pre-treatment and 1 after);VAS improvement of 82% and Womac 60%
Conclusion
Our result show improvements in symptomatology,
function and imaging in all patients,
with better results in patients treated with PRP (37-61 years) and in patients treated with HA (62-82).
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