A comparative study of botulinum toxin: A with triamcinolone compared to triamcinolone alone in the treatment of osteoarthritis of knee

Abstract

On comparing the VAS Score during the follow up period, there was a significant difference between groups A and B upto 3 months. During post treatment follow up, there was significant difference in pain relief as measured by the Oxford Knee score from 4 weeks to 6 months, where Group A patients fared much better in terms of pain relief than group B with a highly significant value of <i>P</i> =<0.001 during the time period of 6 weeks to 6 months. The study shows that the use intra-articular Botulinum toxin-A with steroid is far superior to intra-articular steroid alone in terms of pain relief as well as functional outcome.