title: Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasties are Performed on the Patients with Radiologically Too Mild Osteoarthritis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patient selection for either total knee arthroplasty or unicompartmental knee arthroplasty remains controversial. The latter has several reported advantages over total knee arthroplasty, but it also appears to have significant drawbacks in terms of revision rates.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to determine the influence of the preoperative degree of osteoarthritis on the risk of reoperation following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgery was carried out on 294 knees in 241 patients between 2001 and 2012 at a single institute, using cemented Oxford phase III unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The mean age at the time of operation was 67 years, and the mean follow-up time was 8.7 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The knees with a preoperative Kellgren-Lawrence grade of 0-2 osteoarthritis had a higher risk of reoperation than those with a Kellgren-Lawrence grade of 3-4 (odds ratio = 1.89; 95% confidence interval, 1.03-3.45; p = 0.04). In addition, the knees with a medial joint space width of more than 1 mm or a high medial/lateral joint space width ratio had an increased risk of reoperation. In conclusion, we suggest that unicompartmental knee arthroplasty should only be performed in cases showing severe osteoarthritis in preoperative radiographs, with medial bone-on-bone contact, and a medial/lateral ratio of <20%.
authors.affiliation: 1 The Operational Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Turku University Hospital (Tyks), Surgical Hospital, Turku University, Turku, Finland.|2 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knifsund
authors.affiliation: 1 The Operational Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Turku University Hospital (Tyks), Surgical Hospital, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hatakka
authors.affiliation: 1 The Operational Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Turku University Hospital (Tyks), Surgical Hospital, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keemu
authors.affiliation: 1 The Operational Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Turku University Hospital (Tyks), Surgical Hospital, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
authors.affiliation: 1 The Operational Division of Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, Turku University Hospital (Tyks), Surgical Hospital, Turku University, Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koivisto
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niinimäki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement; Oxford unicondylar arthroplasty; knee arthroplasty; knee unicompartmental arthroplasty; mild osteoarthritis; revision rate; unicompartmental knee arthroplasty