Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Provides Higher Activity and Durability Than Valgus-Producing Proximal Tibial Osteotomy at 5 to 7 Years

Conclusions:
In this comparative cohort study of young patients with isolated unicompartmental arthritis, those treated with UKA reached a higher level of activity early after surgery and it persisted at mid-term follow-up. The UKA group had earlier, but less frequent, revision to total knee arthroplasty.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: JBJS - January 17, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Krych, A. J., Reardon, P., Sousa, P., Pareek, A., Stuart, M., Pagnano, M. Tags: Knee Scientific Articles Source Type: research