title: Navigated minimally invasive unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
abstract: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is an alternative procedure to high tibial osteotomy. This study assessed the procedure using computer navigation to improve implantation accuracy and presents early radiological results of a group of patients implanted with the univation UKA (B. Braun Aesculap, Tuttlingen, Germany) with navigation instrumentation and a minimally invasive approach. The authors concluded that navigated implantation of a UKA using a nonimage-based system improved radiologic accuracy implantation without significant inconvenience and minimal change in the conventional operating technique.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Traumatologie et d'Orthopédie, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jenny
authors.forename: Peter E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weyer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Eugène
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bacher
authors.forename: Wolfram
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jansson
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*