Does Interlimb Knee Symmetry Exist After Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty?

Obesity does not influence the outcome after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

We retrospectively reviewed all 147 medial UKA's placed between 2001 and 2011 with a minimum follow-up of two years. The VAS for pain and satisfaction, the New Knee Society Score (KSS) for satisfaction and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) were used as patient reported outcomes (PROs). Pre-operative and follow-up radiographs of the knee were assessed. The survival rate wit...

Snapping Pes Syndrome after Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Snapping pes syndrome is defined as a snapping sensation in the medial knee caused by pes anserinus and rarely occurs. Snapping pes syndrome after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has not been reported yet. We experienced two cases with this syndrome after UKA. Conservative treatment was effective in one case, while surgical excision of the gracilis tendon was necessary to relieve painf...

Recurrent hemarthrosis after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

Recurrent hemarthrosis after knee arthroplasty can be disabling, requiring adequate and immediate diagnosis and treatment for recovery of symptoms and joint function. The most commonly reported cause is impingement of proliferative synovium between prosthetic components. Although various procedures for hemarthrosis have been reported after knee arthroplasty for patients who do not respond to co...

Unicompartmental Knee Osteoarthritis (UKOA): Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) or High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO)?

  Background: The aim of this review article is to analyze the results of high tibial osteotomy compared to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in patients with unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis.   Methods: The search engine used was PubMed. The keywords were: "high tibial osteotomy versus unicompartmental knee arthroplasty". Twenty-one articles were found on 28 February 2015, but only eighte...

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty