Effectiveness and Tolerability of Repeated Courses of Viscosupplementation in Symptomatic Hip Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of High Molecular Weight vs. Medium Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid vs. No Viscosupplementation

• Main Authors: Orazio De Lucia (Author), Luca Massimo Pierannunzii (Author), Francesca Pregnolato (Author), Elisa Verduci (Author), Chiara Crotti (Author), Elisabetta Valcamonica (Author), Laura Pisoni (Author), Daniela Comi (Author), Paola Adele Lonati (Author), Pier Luigi Meroni (Author), Antonella Murgo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Nonsurgical management of symptomatic hip osteoarthritis needs real-world evidence. We evaluated the effectiveness and tolerability of US-guided intra-articular treatment of two hyaluronic acids (HAs) commercially available in Italy and investigated predictors of response.Methods: Outpat...