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Thiago Batista Faleiro1, Renata da Silva Schulz2, Jorge Eduardo de Schoucair Jambeiro3, Antero Tavares3, Fernando Moreira Delmonte3, Gildásio de Cerqueira Daltro4.
Abstract
To evaluate the efficacy of viscosupplementation in patients with osteoarthritis of the ankle. A systematic review to evaluate the evidence in the literature on the use of viscosupplementation for osteoarthritis of the ankle. For this review, we considered blind randomized prospective studies involving the use of viscosupplementation for osteoarthritis of the ankle. A total of 1,961 articles were identified in various databases. After examining each of the articles, five articles were included in this review. Treatment with intraarticular hyaluronic acid is a safe treatment modality that significantly improves functional scores of patients, with no evidence of superiority in relation to other conservative treatments. Further clinical trials with larger numbers of patients are needed so that we can recommend its use and address unanswered questions . Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.Entities:
Keywords: Hyaluronic acid.; Osteoarthritis; Viscosupplementation
Year: 2016 PMID： 26997916 PMCID： PMC4775491 DOI： 10.1590/1413-785220162401139470
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Ortop Bras ISSN： 1413-7852 Impact factor: 0.513