Knee Moments After Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty During Stair Ascent

Comparison of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty and Healthy Limb for Knee Moments Generated during Stair Ascent

With improvement of implant design and surgical techniques, use of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has increased recently [1]. This surgery replaces the most damaged knee compartment, either the medial (MED) or lateral (LAT). However, biomechanical evidence to support the efficacy of UKA is still lacking, especially LAT-UKA. Stair ascent is a highdemanding functional activity. Interlim...

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