“…The incidence of UKA found in our study and reported by Willis‐Owen et al . is higher than that reported by Arno et al ,. who identified 21% of 97 knees with medial OA as candidates for UKA.…”
The medial compartment was the most commonly affected in our Chinese patients indicated for knee arthroplasty. More than half of the patients in this group could be treated by either medial or lateral UKA.
“…The incidence of UKA found in our study and reported by Willis‐Owen et al . is higher than that reported by Arno et al ,. who identified 21% of 97 knees with medial OA as candidates for UKA.…”
The medial compartment was the most commonly affected in our Chinese patients indicated for knee arthroplasty. More than half of the patients in this group could be treated by either medial or lateral UKA.
“…We assumed that unicompartmental knee arthroplasties currently account for 8.0% of knee arthroplasty procedures 5 and could currently account for 10.0% to 21.0% 4 . We also assumed that 50.0% of the population undergoing knee replacement were sixty-five years of age or older 10 .…”
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is an economically attractive alternative in patients sixty-five years of age or older, and modest improvements in implant survivorship could make it a cost-effective alternative in younger patients.
“…In spite of these advantages, UKA may be an underutilized procedure [9,10]. This may be partially explained by concerns about short and long-term survivorship of UKA compared to TKA.…”
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