Comparison of the Effectiveness of Intra-articular Infiltration of Hyaluronic Acid and Corticosteroids in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Prospective Comparative Study.

Autor:	Khan TM; Orthopaedic Surgery, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, PAK., Mehmood MZ; Surgery, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, PAK., Riaz J; Medicine, Mohi-ud-Din Islamic Medical College, Mirpur, PAK., Nawaz Z; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, PAK., Arshad H; Surgery, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK., Ali H; Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK., Riaz MH; Coronary Care Unit, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK., Afzal O; Cardiology, Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute and Research Centre, Lahore, PAK., Ali A; Surgery, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, PAK., Ahmad MH; Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK., Ali RS; Orthopaedic Surgery, Sheikh Zayed Medical College and Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, PAK.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cureus [Cureus] 2023 Dec 13; Vol. 15 (12), pp. e50449. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 13 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.50449
Abstrakt:	Background Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a chronic and progressive disease of the knee joint characterized by articular cartilage destruction. It is the most common cause of knee disability and pain globally. Various treatments are used for the management of KOA; however, the role of intra-articular injections in KOA management in Pakistan remains understudied. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid (HA) and corticosteroids in the management of KOA. Methodology This randomized, prospective, comparative study was conducted among 88 patients diagnosed with KOA in the outpatient department clinic of orthopedics in Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, from January 2022 to January 2023. For patient enrolment, structured inclusion and exclusion criteria and a simple random sampling technique were used. Before data collection, ethical approval and informed consent were obtained. Data collection was done via a self-structured and interview-based proforma. Data analysis was performed through descriptive statistics and independent t-tests using SPSS version 25 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results KOA was more prevalent in women (60, 68.18%) than men (28, 31.82%). The means for study variables such as age, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) score, and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) score were 58.08 ± 7.89 years, 7.66 ± 1.8, and 71.86 ± 8.90, respectively. The incidences of right-sided and left-sided KOA were 57 (64.77%) and 31 (35.23%), respectively. Likewise, the frequency of grade II KOA was 55 (62.50%), while the frequency of grade III KOA was 33 (37.50%). Differences in the mean scores of both VAS and WOMAC between study groups were statistically significant at the second-week, sixth-week, and third-month follow-up visits. However, the mean scores of VAS and WOMAC were lower in group B than in group A at the second-week follow-up visit, whereas the scores were lower in group A compared to group B after the sixth week and third month of intra-articular injections. Conclusions Intra-articular injections of both HA and corticosteroids were adequately effective in the management of KOA-associated pain and functional restrictions; nevertheless, the benefits of corticosteroids were acute and short-term, whereas the outcomes of HA were gradual and long-term. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2023, Khan et al.)
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