Trial reportSaudi medical journal2022
The role of intra-articular injection of autologous platelet-rich plasma versus corticosteroids in the treatment of synovitis in lumbar facet joint disease.
Trial report in Saudi medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04860531 (The Role of Intra-articular Injection of Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Corticosteriods in Treatment of Synovitis in Lumbar Facet Joint Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Role of Intra-articular Injection of Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Corticosteriods in Treatment of Synovitis in Lumbar Facet Joint Disease
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Overview of Available Treatments and Their Limitations for Hypertrophic Facet Joints-A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of fixed-point rotational reduction of the spine on pain scores and lower limb motor function in patients with lumbar facet joint disorder.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Platelet-Rich Plasma for Treating Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Pain and therapy · 2025Review
- Comparing the efficacy of intra-articular injection of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) with corticosteroids (CS) in patients with chronic zygapophyseal joint low back pain confirmed by double intra-articular diagnostic blocks: A triple-blinded randomized multicentric controlled trial with a 6-month follow-up.Interventional pain medicine · 2024Article
- Lumbar Facet Joint Disease: What, Why, and When?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Current Review of Regenerative Medicine Therapies for Spine-Related Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2024Review
- Systematic Review of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Medical and Surgical Specialties: Quality, Evaluation, Evidence, and Enforcement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare the efficacy between platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and corticosteroids (CS) in improving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-detected synovitis in correlation with clinical complaints among patients with lumbar facet joint (FJ) disease.
methodsThis study was carried out at Eldemerdash Hospital, Cairo, Egypt between September 2019 and January 2021. A prospective, randomized, comparative, single blinded study included 30 patients with lumbar FJ disease, divided into 2 equal groups, received PRP and CS injections. Patients were comparatively assessed before and after the intervention according to number of tender lumbar FJs, maximum active lumbar extension range of motion, LBP visual analogue score, LBP functional disability questionnaires and MRI lumbar FJ detected synovitis and their grading.
resultsBoth groups showed a significant improvement in all mentioned parameters at follow-up after 3 months. However, PRP injections promoted better performance in terms of MRI synovitis grade in all lumbar FJ levels compared to CS injections.
conclusionBoth PRP and CS injections were effective in improving MRI-detected FJ synovitis while concurrently improving all examined parameters at follow-up after 3 months. However, PRP promoted better improvement in MRI-detected synovitis grade, suggesting that it may be a better treatment option for longer duration efficacy.TRN: NCT04860531- 1/3/2021.
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