Management of knee osteoarthritis: Knee lavage combined with intra articular injections of methyl prednisolone
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Intra-articular injections for osteoarthritis of the knee.
If usual medical measures fail to control the pain of knee osteoarthritis and allow the patient to cope with its symptoms, intra-articular injections of a corticosteroid, a hyaluronan, or both can be tried.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Orthopaedics Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2395-1958,2395-1958
DOI: 10.22271/ortho.2018.v4.i3d.31