Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: new indications, more complications?
Despite mixed results with unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in the 1970s, the UKA was established as a reliable procedure in the low-demand, elderly patient. Dependable results up to a decade prompted the idea that UKA may work equally well in the younger patient. Expanded indications for UKA are being evaluated: might higher failure rates and difficult revisions emerge from younger, more active patients?
Vince
Kelly G
KG
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
Cyran
Leah T
LT
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome