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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Víctor Vaquerizo, Miguel Ángel Plasencia, Ignacio Arribas, Roberto Seijas, Sabino Padilla, Gorka Orive, Eduardo Anitua
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety in a randomized, clinical trial of 3 injections of PRGF-Endoret (BTI Biotechnology Institute, Vitoria, Spain) versus one single intra-articular injection of Durolane hyaluronic acid (HA) (Q-MED AB, Uppsala, Sweden) as a treatment for reducing symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: Ninety-six patients with symptomatic knee OA were randomly assigned to receive PRGF-Endoret (3 injections on a weekly basis) or one infiltration with Durolane HA...
October 2013: Arthroscopy
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