Addition of a Polyol to HA: a Significant Advance in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis?

Is the addition of a polyol to hyaluronic acid a significant advance in the treatment of osteoarthritis? Conrozier T. Curr Rheumatol Rev. 2017 Jul 10. doi:10.2174/1573397113666170710115558. Viscosupplementation with intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid is recommended as a second line treatment for knee OA, after failure of non-pharmacological modalities and usual Read more…

Safety and Efficacy of HAppyCross® in knee OA: Results of a Prospective Observational Study

Safety and Efficacy of Single Intra-Articular Injection of a Cross-Linked Hyaluronic Acid/Mannitol Formulation [Happycross®] in knee Osteoarthritis Results of a Prospective Observational Study in Daily Practice Conditions. Monet M, Bozgan AM, Conrozier T. Ortho & Rheum Open Access 2017; 5(3): 555664. DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.05.555664. . This study has been conducted to Read more…

Retreatment with Viscosupplementation in Knee OA: Discover the 2nd paper of the EUROVISCO Group

LABRHA is supporting Eurovisco by organizing its annual board since 2014. We are proud to be Eurovisco’s partner. Decision Algorithms for the Retreatment with Viscosupplementation in Patients Suffering from Knee Osteoarthritis. Recommendations from the EUROpean VIScosupplementation COnsensus Group (EUROVISCO).R. Raman, Y. Henrotin, X. Chevalier, A. Migliore, J. Jerosch, J. Montfort, H. Read more…

Obesity, radiological severity and lack of response of viscosupplementation in knee OA

Viscosupplementation (VS) is still controversial. One of the key points is the lack of well-identified factors of response. The study “Obesity and radiological severity are associated with viscosupplementation failure in patients with knee osteoarthritis”, published in Journal of Orthopaedic Research this month, has been designed to identify clinical and radiological Read more…