Concurrent Imaging and Clinical Study of the Efficacy of Hyaluronic Acid Injection for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Synovial Membrane Investigation with Ultrasound Imaging

• Main Authors: Chien-Chih Wang (Author), Tsung-Ming Hu (Author), Chien-Lung Chen (Author), Chung-Chih Hong (Author), Yu-Hui Chang (Author), Chung-Lan Kao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We investigated whether hyaluronic acid (HA) injections can ameliorate ultrasound-detected synovitis in knee osteoarthritis (OA). We recruited 103 patients with symptomatic knee OA and ultrasound-detected synovitis and performed two ultrasound-guided fluid drainage procedures, followed by the admini...