Plasma level of Osteopontin does not respond to total replacement Surgery in patients with severe Primary knee/Hip Osteoarthritis.

Abdelnaby, Ramy; El Deeb, Sameh; Khachab, Ali; Bläsius, Klaus; Tingart, Markus; Rath, Björn · J Orthop · 2017

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Abstract

To test the response of Osteopontin levels in patients with knee/hip Osteoarthritis undergoing a replacement surgery. Plasma samples of 30 (16 with knee Osteoarthritis and 14 with hip Osteoarthritis) patients have been collected before and 3 month after a knee/hip replacement in order to investigate the above stated aim of this study. Osteopontin levels did not decrease after 3 months of the surgery. Osteopontin levels showed no significant reduction and therefore do not respond to replacement treatment.

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