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ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2007

The Oxford phase III unicompartmental knee replacement in patients less than 60 years of age.

Nanne P Kort, Jos J A M van Raay, Jim J van Horn

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Article in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Impact of age on unicompartmental knee arthroplasty outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023
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  11. The effect of age on the outcomes of cementless mobile bearing unicompartmental knee replacements.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022
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  17. Minimally invasive Oxford medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in young patients.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nanne P KortDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maasland Hospital, P.O. Box 5500, 6130 MB, Sittard, The Netherlands. n.kort@orbisconcern.nl
Jos J A M van Raay
Jim J van Horn
Maaslandziekenhuis · NLMartini Ziekenhuis · NLUniversity of Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of younger patients with medial unicompartmental disease of the knee joint remains a challenging therapeutic dilemma. With the refinement of implant design, fixation and the minimally invasive techniques employed with unicompartmental knee replacement, indications have expanded to include its use in young patients. A prospective cohort of 46 unicompartmental knee procedures were performed with a 2-year minimum and 6-year maximum follow-up, using the Oxford phase III unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, in the younger patient group (age 60 or younger). We conclude that the unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is an important option for the treatment of medial compartment disease for patients 60 years or younger. Obesity can cause technical difficulties, increased risk of complications and early failure of this prosthesis.

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AdultArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeFemaleHumansKnee ProsthesisMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, KneeProspective StudiesReoperationTreatment Outcome

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PMID17028868
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