TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mohamed khaled Mohamed Metawea
AU  - Alaa Mohy Eldin Solyman , 
AU  - Ihab Eldesouky , 
TI  - Platelet rich plasma injection in knee osteoarthritis / 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Mohamed khaled Mohamed Metawea , 
KW  - (PRP)
KW  - Osteoarthritis
KW  - Platelet rich plasma
N1  - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Issued also as CD
N2  - Introduction: Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease, with billions of affected individuals worldwide. The knee is among the most common sites of involvement. Aim of the work: To evaluate the effect of intra-articular injection of platelet rich plasma (PRP) on the functional status of knee joint measured by the knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score (koos) and the visual analogue scale for pain (VAS).  Patients and methods: The study was carried out on 30 patients with mild to moderate primary knee OA. They were injected intra-articularly with 4 ml PRP for the affected joint, twice at 1 month interval. Clinical examination, VAS and KOOS score were performed before and after PRP treatment.Results: after 6 months, The VAS score showed significant improvement from 6.80(mean of pre injection) to3.47 (mean of post injection) and all items of koos score (pain, symptoms, activities of daily living, sports and recreation function and knee related quality of life) were significantly improved
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