efficacy of intraarticular injection of HA through a lateral approach under fluoroscopic control for advanced hip OA

Efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection through a lateral approach under fluoroscopic control for advanced hip osteoarthritis

Article specifications

This clinical trial was published in 2010 in journal of AGRI by Turkish orthopedics. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of intra-articular injection of HA through a lateral approach under fluoroscopic control for advanced hip OA. The study included 21 patients with advanced hip OA. All patients received 2.5 ml HA injection once a week for 3weeks by lateral approach under fluoroscopic control. Disability (Lequesne index), pain scores (visual analog scale-VAS) and analgesic use of patients were assessed before treatment and 1, 3 and 6 months after the treatment.

Results

Lequesne index and VAS pain scores measured 1, 3 and 6 months after treatment were significantly lower compared to baseline scores. Although analgesic use was significantly reduced 1 and 3 months after treatment compared to baseline, no difference was determined in analgesic use at the 6th month. No side effect was observed. The results of the study showed that hyaluronic acid injection is a safe and effective treatments for patients with hip osteoarthritis it also provided significant reduction in pain scores, disability scores and analgesic use in advanced hip OA.