Table 3.

Pain aggravation in dogs with hip dysplasia after treatment in gold implantation group versus placebo group of dogs with blood and/or synovia leakage from the implantation needles during insertion of gold beads around the hips of 38 dogs with hip dysplasia.

	Pain aggravation
Treatment group	None	Mild Lasting up to 7 days	Moderate Lasting up to 14 days	Severe Lasting up to four weeks	Total
Gold implantation	23	9	4	2	38
Placebo	36	5	1	0	42
Total number of dogs	59	14	5	2	80