US-approved intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections are safe and effective in patients with knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, saline-controlled trials

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Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2013
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This review concludes that intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis were safe and effective. The former conclusion may have confused the absence of evidence with the evidence of absence; the latter conclusion did not sufficiently consider variability in effectiveness or potential biases in the evidence-base. Thus, these conclusions cannot be considered reliable.
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First added on: Oct 17, 2013