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    Non-inferior comparative study comparing one or two day antimicrobial prophylaxis after clean orthopaedic surgery (NOCOTA study): a study protocol for a cluster pseudo-randomized controlled trial comparing duration of antibiotic prophylaxis

    Antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) is one of the most important measures for preventing surgical site infections (SSIs); however, controversies remain regarding its adequate duration. Although the World Health Or...

    Kosei Nagata, Koji Yamada, Tomohiro Shinozaki in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2019)

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    Intraarticular injection of processed lipoaspirate cells has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects but does not improve degenerative changes in murine monoiodoacetate-induced osteoarthritis

    Previous basic research and clinical studies examined the effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on regeneration and maintenance of articular cartilage. However, our pilot study suggested that MSCs are more ...

    Takumi Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Shuji Watanabe in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2019)

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    Lidocaine cytotoxicity to the bovine articular chondrocytes in vitro: changes in cell viability and proteoglycan metabolism

    A lot of studies on the effect of intra-articular injections are clinical, but many questions on the effect of lidocaine to articular chondrocytes remain unanswered. This study was performed to determine the e...

    Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, Shigeru Kobayashi in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthros… (2011)