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Comparison of efficacy of arthroscopic lavage plus administration of corticosteroids, arthroscopic lavage plus administration of placebo, and joint aspiration plus administration of corticosteroids in arthritis of the knee: A randomized controlled trial.

Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Arthritis & Rheumatism (impact factor: 7.87). 12/2006; 55(6):964-70. DOI:10.1002/art.22340 pp.964-70
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ABSTRACT To compare the efficacy of arthroscopic lavage plus administration of corticosteroids (ALC), arthroscopic lavage plus administration of placebo (ALP), and joint aspiration plus administration of corticosteroids (JAC) in knee arthritis, and to evaluate whether clinical or histologic characteristics determine outcome.
Patients with knee arthritis (not due to gout, osteoarthritis, or septic arthritis) were randomized over 3 treatment arms: ALC, ALP, and JAC. The primary end point was event-free survival, with events defined as 1) recurrence or persistence of symptomatic knee swelling necessitating local re-treatment, or 2) nonimprovement of the knee joint score. Synovial tissue specimens were collected and analyzed histologically to identify predictive factors of responsiveness.
A total of 78 patients were enrolled; 3 patients did not receive their allocated therapy and 3 were lost to followup. The median time until recurrence was 9.6 months after ALC, 3.0 months after JAC, and 1.0 month after ALP, corresponding to a relative risk (RR) of arthritis recurrence of 2.2 for JAC (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.2-4.2, P = 0.02) and 4.7 for ALP (95% CI 2.3-9.4, P < 0.0001) compared with ALC. A high versus low synovial extent of fibrosis conferred an RR for recurrence of 5.7 (95% CI 1.6-20.5, P < 0.01) after ALC.
Arthroscopic lavage plus administration of corticosteroids was more effective than arthroscopic lavage plus administration of placebo or joint aspiration plus injection of corticosteroids. The absence of fibrosis was a histologic predictor of a beneficial response.

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    Article: [Intra-articular sodium hyaluronate injections after arthroscopic debridement for osteoarthritis of the knee: a prospective, randomized, controlled study].
    Nurettin Heybeli, Mahmut Nedim Doral, Ozgür Ahmet Atay, Gürsel Leblebicioğlu, Akin Uzümcügil
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Keywords

3 patients
 
3 treatment arms
 
allocated therapy
 
analyzed histologically
 
arthritis recurrence
 
arthroscopic lavage
 
beneficial response
 
histologic predictor
 
joint aspiration
 
knee arthritis
 
knee joint score
 
local re-treatment
 
low synovial extent
 
osteoarthritis
 
primary end point
 
recurrence
 
relative risk
 
septic arthritis
 
symptomatic knee
 
Synovial tissue specimens