Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog elbow arthritis treated with plasma or steroid injection outcomes
By Franklin, Samuel P & Cook, James L·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2013·College of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Prospective trial of autologous conditioned plasma versus hyaluronan plus corticosteroid for elbow osteoarthritis in dogs.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
Two dogs with elbow arthritis were treated with either a combination of hyaluronan and a corticosteroid or a special type of plasma derived from their own blood. After six months, both treatments significantly improved the dogs' lameness and overall activity levels, with no major differences between the two options. Owners reported that their pets seemed to be in less pain and were moving better after treatment. This suggests that both treatment methods can be effective for dogs suffering from elbow osteoarthritis.
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Abstract
This prospective, randomized, double-blinded trial compared outcomes in dogs with bilateral elbow osteoarthritis (OA) treated with hyaluronan plus methylprednisolone (HA + S) or autologous conditioned plasma (ACP(®); Arthrex). An investigator blinded to the treatments graded lameness (0-4) before and 6 months after a single injection with either HA + S or ACP. Clients were blinded to treatment and completed a validated survey before and 1, 6, 12, and 24 weeks after injection. Ten dogs (5 per group) completed all parts of the study. Pre-treatment lameness grades were 1.2 ± 0.97 for HA + S and 1.8 ± 1.1 for ACP and were not different between groups. Post-treatment lameness grades were 0.4 ± 0.55 for HA + S and 0.8 ± 0.64 for ACP with significant (P < 0.05) improvement with either treatment but without differences between groups. Client-based assessments demonstrated improvements in activity, lameness, and pain with HA + S and ACP. These data suggest that both treatments have beneficial effects for dogs with bilateral elbow OA.
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