• Department of Orthopedics, People's Hospital of Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China;
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Objective To investigate the effect of arthroscopic debridement combined with oral glucosamine hydrochloride tablets in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Methods Sixty-two patients with knee osteoarthritis treated between January 2013 and April 2015 were chosen to be our research subjects. They were randomly divided into trial group (n=31) and control group (n=31). The control group was treated with arthroscopic debridement, and the trial group was given glucosamine hydrochloride tablets for treatment, apart from arthroscopic debridement. We evaluated the clinical effects by visual analogue scale (VAS) score and Lysholm knee joint function score before, and 1 week, 4 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after surgery. Results One week after surgery, the VAS score and Lysholm knee joint function score were not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05). Four weeks, 3 months and 6 months after surgery, the VAS score of the trial group was respectively 3.08±0.91, 2.46±0.87, and 1.45±0.66, and was 5.47±1.02, 3.55±1.20, and 2.37±0.53 in the control group; the Lysholm score of the trial group was 80.55±2.24, 85.35±1.79, and 89.74±4.58, respectively, and of the control group was 72.55±4.47, 74.68±2.94, and 76.69±5.63. The VAS score and the Lysholm score of the trial group were both better than those of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Arthroscopic debridement can alleviate the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, and oral administration of glucosamine hydrochloride tablets after surgery has obvious effects.

Citation: MaoXianfa, ZhuLijun, LiHong, SongXiaoyan. Observation of the Clinical Curative Effect of Arthroscopic Debridement Combined with Glucosamine Hydrochloride Tablets in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis. West China Medical Journal, 2016, 31(7): 1193-1195. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201600325 Copy

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