Impact of the Indicator ‘Radiographic Pattern’ on the Clinical Presentation and Radiographic Progression of Hip Osteoarthritis - Results from an 8-Year Study
Sapundzhiev Lyubomir,
Sapundzhieva Tanya,
Mitev Martin
et al.
Abstract:Aim: To assess the impact of the 'radiographic pattern' indicator on changes in clinical and radiological parameters and therapeutic responses to common intra-articular therapies in hip osteoarthritis (HOA) at 8-year follow-up.Methods: 400 patients, two therapeutic courses -at baseline -month 0 (M0) and M5, were allocated into three observation groups: Normal saline (IA-NS) as a control group -N = 150, 2.0 ml per dose, single injection (SI) for each course (EC); methylprednisolone acetate (IA-CS) -N = 100, 80 … Show more
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