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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Medium-Term Effect of Treatment with Intra-Articular Injection of Sodium Hyaluronate, Betamethasone and Platelet-Rich Plasma in Patients with Temporomandibular Arthralgia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Bruno Macedo de Sousa, Antonio López-Valverde, Francisco Caramelo, María João Rodrigues, Nansi López-Valverde

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bruno Macedo de SousaInstitute for Occlusion and Orofacial Pain, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Polo I-Edifício Central Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7833-4607
Antonio López-ValverdeDepartment of Surgery, University of Salamanca, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), P.º de San Vicente, 58-182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4784-1870
Francisco CarameloLaboratory of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), School of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Polo 3, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0015-8604
María João RodriguesInstitute for Occlusion and Orofacial Pain, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Polo I-Edifício Central Rua Larga, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Nansi López-ValverdeDepartment of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Alcalá de Henares, 28871 Madrid, Spain.
University of Coimbra · PTUniversidad de Alcalá · ESUniversidad de Salamanca · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Temporomandibular joint disorders are associated with pain and reduced jaw mobility. The aim of this study was to compare the long-term effect on pain of intra-articular TMJ injections of betamethasone, sodium hyaluronate and platelet-rich plasma. The sample was made up of 114 patients, who were randomly distributed into three groups at least three years ago and who achieved a total remission of pain after treatment. We found that the median number of months without pain was, according to each group, as follows: platelet-rich plasma: 33; sodium hyaluronate: 28; betamethasone: 19. Both platelet-rich plasma and sodium hyaluronate lead to significant pain-free time after treatment; when we compare bethametasone with the two other substances, it proved to be very ineffective.

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arthralgiabetamethasoneplatelet-rich plasmasodium hyaluronatetemporomandibular disorders

Identifiers

PMID36362894
PMCPMC9692948
OpenAlexW4307944528

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