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Most Publications Regarding Platelet Rich Plasma Use in Knee Are from Asia, Investigate Injection for Osteoarthritis, and Show Outcome Improvement: A Scoping Review.
Arthroscopy 2024 March 26
PURPOSE: To (1) evaluate and synthesize the available literature related to platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment of knee pathologies and (2) provide recommendations to inform future research in the field.
METHODS: PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus databases were queried on October 6, 2023. All identified citations were collated and uploaded into Covidence for screening and data extraction. Studies were included if they were human studies published in English with adult cohorts that received PRP as a procedural injection or surgical augmentation for knee pathologies with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and level of evidence I-IV.
RESULTS: Our search yielded 2615 studies, of which 155 studies from 2006-2023 met the inclusion criteria. Median follow-up was 9 months (±11.2 months). Most studies (75.5%) characterized the leukocyte content of PRP, although most studies (86%) did not use a comprehensive classification scheme. In addition, most studies were from Asia (50%) and Europe (32%) and were single centered (96%). In terms of treatment, 74% of studies examined PRP as a procedural injection, while 26% examined PRP as an augmentation. Most studies (68%) examined treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Many studies (83%) documented significant improvements in PROMs, including 93% of level III/IV evidence studies and 72% of level I/II evidence studies, although most studies (70%) failed to include minimal clinically important difference values. The Visual Analog Scale was the most used PROM (58% of studies), while the Short Form Health Survey 36-item was the least used PROM (5% of studies).
CONCLUSION: Most published investigations of knee PRP are performed in Asia, investigate procedural injection for osteoarthritis, and show significant outcome improvements. In addition, this review highlights the need for better classification of PRP formulations LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, Scoping Review of level I-IV studies.
METHODS: PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus databases were queried on October 6, 2023. All identified citations were collated and uploaded into Covidence for screening and data extraction. Studies were included if they were human studies published in English with adult cohorts that received PRP as a procedural injection or surgical augmentation for knee pathologies with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and level of evidence I-IV.
RESULTS: Our search yielded 2615 studies, of which 155 studies from 2006-2023 met the inclusion criteria. Median follow-up was 9 months (±11.2 months). Most studies (75.5%) characterized the leukocyte content of PRP, although most studies (86%) did not use a comprehensive classification scheme. In addition, most studies were from Asia (50%) and Europe (32%) and were single centered (96%). In terms of treatment, 74% of studies examined PRP as a procedural injection, while 26% examined PRP as an augmentation. Most studies (68%) examined treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Many studies (83%) documented significant improvements in PROMs, including 93% of level III/IV evidence studies and 72% of level I/II evidence studies, although most studies (70%) failed to include minimal clinically important difference values. The Visual Analog Scale was the most used PROM (58% of studies), while the Short Form Health Survey 36-item was the least used PROM (5% of studies).
CONCLUSION: Most published investigations of knee PRP are performed in Asia, investigate procedural injection for osteoarthritis, and show significant outcome improvements. In addition, this review highlights the need for better classification of PRP formulations LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, Scoping Review of level I-IV studies.
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