Current Trends in Clinical Practice for the Minimal Invasive Medial Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty

Abstract

Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) is an early alternative surgical procedure for the unicondylar osteoarthritis or damaged knee joint with artificial prosthesis for the release of disabling painful condition and restoring the normal knee functions. Minimally UKA is one of the recent and the majority successful procedures in modern orthopedics for the osteoarthritis which is spreading throughout the worldwide. Recently, many orthopedic surgeons are expanding their abilities in this field. However, it needs good knowledge and well experience for the successful clinical outcomes. The minimal invasive approach is more efficient for short hospital stay and faster postoperative recovery with low morbidity of the patients after UKA. The aim of this article is to emphasize the steps in UKA based on modern facts: function of knee joint, diagnosis, less invasive approach for medial condylar replacement, radiographic evaluation, and earlier recovery, selecting the patient and implant survivorship with review of surgery.

Pattern of orthopaedic case presentations at the rivers state university teaching hospital: a ten-year review

“…Orthopedic surgical practice globally has moved from basic to include advanced practices featuring minimal invasive procedures with robotics in advanced climes. [28][29][30][31][32][33] There are variations in scope of practice depending on availability of trained personnel and equipment. Almost three thousand orthopedic cases were recorded within the ten-year study period.…”