Hyaluronic acid vs corticosteroids in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a mini-review of the literature.

Conclusions: Conflicting results have been reported on the efficacy and safety of HA. Guidelines are controversial and in most of the cases "uncertain" recommendations are provided due to inconclusive evidence in literature. However, HA does not seem to have significantly higher side effects when compared to saline or CSs injections, and provides better medium-term control of symptoms in patients with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis. PMID: 29263730 [PubMed]
Source: Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Cases Miner Bone Metab Source Type: research