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Viscosupplementation in patients with knee osteoarthritis: temporal trend of benefits assessed by meta-regression

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V. F., D. M., and S. T. declare no conflict of interest, while A. M. declares his role at the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA) in the Committee (“Segretariato”) that examines drug reimbursement applications at national level; A. M. is also a member of the Committee responsible for the approval of medical devices for the Tuscany region.

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    Dario Maratea, Valeria Fadda, Sabrina Trippoli & Andrea Messori

  2. HTA Unit, Area Vasta Centro Toscana, Regional Health System, Via Guimaraes 9-11, 59100, Prato, Italy

    Andrea Messori

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This Appendix includes Figure A1 (repetition of the meta-analysis carried out by Rutjes et al. to confirm the identity of the two data sets), Table A1 (Complete bibliographies for the 68 studies included in our analysis), and Table A2 (Software and technical details of our analysis). This material can be obtained upon request from the authors or can be downloaded from the following Internet address: http://www.osservatorioinnovazione.net/papers/arthroscopy-visco-2013-web-supplement.pdf.

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Maratea, D., Fadda, V., Trippoli, S. et al. Viscosupplementation in patients with knee osteoarthritis: temporal trend of benefits assessed by meta-regression. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 24, 829–830 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-013-1249-3

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