title: [RESEARCH PROGRESS OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY FOR UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the priority and indications of the unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and the evolution of minimally invasive surgery-UKA (MIS-UKA), and to discuss the effectiveness.
  
  
  METHODS
  The related literature on UKA was extensively reviewed, summarized, and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recently, satisfactory results has been achieved in UKA for the treatment of single room knee osteoarthritis. Both the design of the single condyle prosthesis and the surgical technique are becoming more advanced, which make the MIS-UKA possible. Especially the application of navigation computer and robot assisted system on UKA improves the accuracy of unicompartmental prosthesis implantation greatly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The superiority and indications of MIS-UKA are gradually expanding with the progress of surgical technique and the design of the single condyle prosthesis. However, whether the application of navigation computer and robot assisted system can improve the effectiveness needs to be further confirmed.
authors.forename: Wenju
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted