"Viscosupplementation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A therapeutic treatment typically involving INTRA-ARTICULAR INJECTIONS of HYALURONIC ACID and related compounds. The procedure is commonly used in the treatment of OSTEOARTHRITIS with the therapeutic goal to restore the viscoelasticity of SYNOVIAL FLUID, decrease pain, improve mobility and restore the natural protective functions of hyaluronan in the joint.
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D055676
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.267.530.380.500 E02.718.875
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| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Viscosupplementation" by people in Profiles.
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Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection in treating knee osteoarthritis: assessing risk of bias in systematic reviews with ROBIS tool. Int J Rheum Dis. 2017 Nov; 20(11):1658-1673.
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Getting Better or Getting Well? The Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) Better Predicts Patient's Satisfaction than the Decrease of Pain, in Knee Osteoarthritis Subjects Treated with Viscosupplementation. Cartilage. 2018 10; 9(4):370-377.
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HyalOne® in the treatment of symptomatic hip OA - data from the ANTIAGE register: seven years of observation. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2017 04; 21(7):1635-1644.