Abstract
The purpose is to observe the clinical effects of sodium hyaluronate injection plus herbal fumigation in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
58 patients(73knees)were treated by sodium hyaluronate injection plus herbal fumigation with a treatment course of five weeks and after a fellow-up of 6–36 months, the average fellow-up time was 12.1 months, the curative effect showed that 39 patients was excellent (52knees), 11 patients was fine (15knees), 4 patients was midst (5knees), 1 patient was bad (1knees), and the total fineness rate was 91.78%.
Sodium hyaluronate injection plus herbal fumigation in the treatment of early metaphase of knee osteoarthritis, which had a better curative effect, less adverse reaction, and worth to extend clinical application.
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