PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gossec, L
AU  - Dougados, M
TI  - Intra-articular treatments in osteoarthritis: from the symptomatic to the structure modifying
AID  - 10.1136/ard.2003.013771
DP  - 2004 May 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 478--482
VI  - 63
IP  - 5
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/63/5/478.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/63/5/478.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis2004 May 01; 63
AB  - The symptomatic and structural efficacy of intra-articular (IA) injections is reviewed. IA corticosteroid injections are rapidly effective, but their symptomatic benefit is short lived. Hyaluronan has delayed onset of efficacy but its benefit for pain may be longer lasting. Lavage and debridement are probably not as efficacious as once thought in osteoarthritis.