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Hyaluronic acid injection therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee: concordant efficacy and conflicting serious adverse events in two systematic reviews

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis (OA)/degenerative joint disease (DJD) is increasing in the USA. Systematic reviews of treatment efficacy and adverse events (AEs) of hyaluronic acid (HA) injections report conflicting evidence about the balance of benefits and harms. We review eviden...

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Autores principales: O’Hanlon, Claire E., Newberry, Sydne J., Booth, Marika, Grant, Sean, Motala, Aneesa, Maglione, Margaret A., FitzGerald, John D., Shekelle, Paul G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0363-9