TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ahmed Tarek Kaddah
AU  - Ahmed Ahmed Morra , 
AU  - Ahmed Essam Kandil , 
AU  - Laila Ahmed Rashed , 
TI  - Comparative study between the clinical outcomes of intra-articular platelet-rich plasma injection versus placebo in early cases of knee osteoarthritis / 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Ahmed Tarek Kaddah , 
KW  - Anatomy of the Knee
KW  - History
KW  - Signs and Symptoms
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Issued also as CD
N2  - Osteoarthritis (OA) is a form of non-inflammatory arthritis. Knee joint is the most commonly affected joint.  It is a process of wear and tear of articular cartilage and represents failed attempt of chondrocytes to repair damaged cartilage. Most of the current treatments for osteoarthritis are palliative and attack the symptoms rather than influencing the biochemical joint environment such as exercise, weight loss, physical therapy, pain relief drugs, and intra-articular injection of corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid. Arthroscopic surgery has been shown to have no benefit in knee osteoarthritis. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is an autologous blood plasma with high platelets concentration. When injected intra-articular, platelets are activated and release several kinds of autologous growth factors such as TGF-Ý1, PDGF and other cytokines that enhance the healing process
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