Impact of obesity, structural severity and their combination on the efficacy of viscosupplementation in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Impact of obesity, structural severity and their combination on the efficacy of viscosupplementation in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Abstract Background Obesity and radiological severity have been identified to be independent predictors of a low rate of response to viscosupplementation (VS), in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Is that enough to formally refute VS in such patients in whom surgery is sometimes contraindicate...

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Main Authors: Thierry Conrozier, Florent Eymard, Mickael Chouk, Xavier Chevalier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Knee
Osteoarthritis
Hyaluronic acid
Viscosupplementation
Obesity
X-rays
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-019-2748-0

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