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ArticleJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma

Intra-articular hyaluronic acid is superior to steroids in knee osteoarthritis: A comparative, randomized study.

Raju Vaishya, Ramsagar Pandit, Amit Kumar Agarwal, Vipul Vijay

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Article in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raju VaishyaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi 110076, India.
Ramsagar PanditDepartment of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi 110076, India.
Amit Kumar AgarwalDepartment of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi 110076, India.
Vipul VijayDepartment of Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi 110076, India.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo compare the short and mid-term results of intraarticular triamcinolone hexacetonide and hyaluronic acid (HA) in knee osteoarthritis.

methodsA prospective randomized study including 40 patients in steroid and 42 patients in HA group. The outcome was evaluated with Knee Society Score (KSS) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS).

resultOn KSS function and VAS score, there was no difference till four weeks. On KSS pain there was no difference till 12 weeks (

conclusionThe HA seems to be better for pain relief and functionality in the short and mid-term periods.

Indexed as

Hyaluronic acidIntra-articularKnee Society ScoreOsteoarthritisSteroid

Identifiers

PMID28360505
PMCPMC5359523
OpenAlexW2528384626

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