Knee Surgery & Related Research (Jan 2021)

Evidence-based surgical technique for medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

  • Tae Kyun Kim,
  • Anurag Mittal,
  • Prashant Meshram,
  • Woo Hyun Kim,
  • Sang Min Choi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43019-020-00084-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Abstract Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a successful treatment modality in selected patients having advanced, single-compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. The bone and ligament preservation leading to shorter recovery periods, better functional outcomes, lower perioperative complication rates, and easier revision, if needed, are proposed as some of the advantages of UKA over total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Despite several advantages, UKA is reported to have higher failure rates as compared to TKA. The prosthesis failure of UKA is directly correlated to intraoperative technique-related factors like malpositioning of components and the inability to replicate the target-limb alignment as per preoperative planning. An evidence-based surgical technique for UKA may help surgeons to avoid the intraoperative technique-related errors. The purpose of this paper is to describe a stepwise surgical technique for the fixed-bearing medial UKA.

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