BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 10-year survival rates after unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) have been up to 97% in single-center studies, but they have been as low as 80% in studies from arthroplasty registers. Few studies have evaluated short-term functional outcome and its improvement with time. We determined the time course of functional outcome as evaluated by the knee injury and osteoarthr...

Patella infera may occur after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), high tibial osteotomy and total knee replacement (TKR). Restriction of movement of the knee and pain may result. Our aim was to compare the incidence and to assess the effects of patella infera after TKR and unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR). We reviewed radiographs of the knees of 84 patients who had h...

An introduction to robotic surgery is given, together with a classification of the range of systems available with their problems and benefits. The potential for a new class of robot system, called a hands-on robot is then discussed. The hands-on robotic system, which is called Acrobot , is then presented for total knee replacement (TKR) surgery and for uni-condylar knee replacement (UKR) surge...

The Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) was designed to minimise wear utilising a fully-congruent, mobile, polyethylene bearing. Wear of polyethylene is a significant cause of revision surgery in UKR in the first decade, and the incidence increases in the second decade. Our study used model-based radiostereometric analysis to measure the combined wear of the upper and lower bearing s...

Following arthroplasty of the knee, the patient's perception of improvement in symptoms is fundamental to the assessment of outcome. Better clinical outcome may offset the inferior survival observed for some types of implant. By examining linked National Joint Registry (NJR) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) data, we aimed to compare PROMs collected at a minimum of six months post-o...

Varus malalignment after total knee replacement is associated with a poor outcome. Our aim was to determine whether the same was true for medial unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR). The anatomical leg alignment was measured prospectively using a long-arm goniometer in 160 knees with an Oxford UKR. Patients were then grouped according to their mechanical leg alignment as neutral (5 degrees t...

Abstract. Embedding high-dimensional patterns in low-dimensional latent spaces is a challenging task. In this paper, we introduce re-sampling strategies to leave local optima in the data space reconstruction error (DSRE) minimization process of unsupervised kernel regression (UKR). For this sake, we concentrate on a hybrid UKR variant that combines iterative solution construction with gradient ...

The evaluation of lateral knee pain in patients with a medial unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) is complex. The native lateral compartment structures are prone to the same injuries as patients with normal knees. Historical reports of lateral meniscal injury post medial UKR have argued MRI evaluation is obsolete due to artefact caused by the prosthesis. We report a case of lateral meniscal...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is among the most important ligaments in medial unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) indication and postoperative survival. There no consensus regarding treatment options of acute ACL rupture after UKR. The debate whether total or reconstruction should be performed if patient has an instability complaint still open. In this case report, we aimed to report sur...

With medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis (OA) there is occasionally a full-thickness ulcer of the cartilage on the medial side of the lateral femoral condyle. It is not clear whether this should be considered a contraindication to unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR). The aim of this study was to determine why these ulcers occur, and whether they compromise the outcome of UKR. Case studie...