ReviewJournal of hip preservation surgery2018
The use of platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a systematic literature review.
Review in Journal of hip preservation surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- The conservative management for improving Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain scoring in greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a Bayesian analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
- 2-Year clinical outcomes following combined iliotibial band and gluteus medius percutaneous ultrasound tenotomy in refractory GTPS.Interventional pain medicine · 2025Article
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- Top ten causes of non-arthritic hip pain: A comprehensive review.World journal of orthopedics · 2025Review
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- Polynucleotides High Purification Technology (PN HPTJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The role of injection collagen therapy in greater trochanter pain syndrome. A new therapeutic approach?Reumatologia · 2025Review
- The Efficacy and Safety of Orthobiologic Treatments for Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2025Review
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- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome and the Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- US-Guided Interventional Procedures for Total Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Ultrasound-guided Musculoskeletal Interventional Procedures Around the Hip: A Practical Guide.Journal of ultrasonography · 2023Article
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- Sodium Tetradecyl Sulphate Sclerotherapy for Lateral Malleolar Bursitis of the Ankle.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2022Article
- Analgesic effects of low-dose radiotherapy in greater trochanteric pain syndrome: results in a clinical series of 155 patients with recurrent or refractory symptoms.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2022Article
- Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part IV, hip.European radiology · 2022Review
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- Short-term outcomes following mini-open repair of chronic gluteus medius tendon tears using a double-row technique.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2021Article
- Peri-operative platelet-rich plasma in arthroscopic femoroacetabular impingement surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of hip preservation surgery · 2021Article
- Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: Evaluation and management of a wide spectrum of pathology.SAGE open medicine · 2021Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
This review aims to determine whether platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has any role in improving clinical outcomes in patients with symptomatic greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). A search of NICE healthcare database advanced search (HDAS) via Athens (PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and AMED databases) was conducted from their year of inception to April 2018 with the keywords: 'greater trochanteric pain syndrome' or 'GTPS' or 'gluteus medius' or 'trochanteric bursitis' and 'platelet rich plasma' (PRP). A quality assessment was performed using the JADAD score for RCTs and MINORS for non-RCT studies. Five full-text articles were included for analysis consisting of three RCTs and two case series. We also identified four additional studies from published conference abstracts (one RCT and three case series). The mean age in 209 patients was 58.4 years (range 48-76.2 years). The majority of patients were females and the minimum duration of symptoms was three months. Diagnosis was made using ultrasound or MRI. Included studies used a variety of outcome measures. Improvement was observed during the first 3 months after injection. Significant improvement was also noted when patients were followed up till 12 months post treatment. PRP seems a viable alternative injectable option for GTPS refractory to conservative measures. The current literature has revealed that PRP is relatively safe and can be effective SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42017080662. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level I, systematic review of Level I studies.
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