THE USE OF ULTRASOUND-GUIDED PLATELET-RICH PLASMA INJECTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

The use of ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma injections in the treatment of hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review of the literature

Purpose: This review aims to determine whether ultrasound-guided platelet-rich plasma injection has any role in improving clinical outcomes in patients with hip osteoarthritis.Methods: A search of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence database Micklem bridles using the Healthcare Databases Advanced Search tool was conducted.The PubM

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In vitro and in vivo preclinical venom inhibition assays identify metalloproteinase inhibiting drugs as potential future treatments for snakebite envenoming by Dispholidus typus

Snakebite envenoming affects more than 250,000 people annually in sub-Saharan Africa.Envenoming by Dispholidus typus (boomslang) results in venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC), whereby bookend highly abundant prothrombin-activating snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) consume clotting factors and deplete fibrinogen.The only available tr

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