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Autologous conditioned serum effective in knee osteoarthritis vs. hyaluronan or saline

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January 2016

Autologous conditioned serum effective in knee osteoarthritis vs. hyaluronan or saline

Vol: 5| Issue: 1| Number:62| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Autologous conditioned serum (Orthokine) is an effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009 Feb;17(2):152-60

Contributing Authors:
AW Baltzer C Moser SA Jansen R Krauspe

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376 patients diagnosed with chronic primary knee osteoarthritis were randomized to receive autologous conditioned serum, hyaluronan, or saline injections. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of autologous conditioned serum to the other treatments. Significantly greater improvements were displayed by the autologous conditioned serum group in terms of WOMAC, VAS...

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