ReviewActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2017
Medial vs lateral unicompartmental knee arthrroplasty: clinical results.
Review in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Meta-analysis of the efficacy of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty in the treatment of isolated lateral compartment knee osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- Revision indications for medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Change in patellar height in medial and lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a clinical trial.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Trial
- Lateral Tibial Plateau Fracture Following Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Coronal axis deviations in medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty failures: an imaging study of patients revised for aseptic loosening.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Comparison of early curative effects of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty with total knee arthroplasty and the legacy constrained condylar knee arthroplasty in the treatment of isolated lateral osteoarthritis: a single-center retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Article
- Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: is really a good option?Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasties: does the type of tibial component selected influence implant survival?Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
- No difference in Oxford Knee Score between medial and lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty after two years of follow-up: a clinical trial.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) showed a lower risk of failure compared to medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in the Register of Prosthetic Orthopedic Implants (RIPO).Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Decision-making factors and their thresholds for total knee arthroplasty in lateral tibiofemoral osteoarthritis patients: a retrospective cohort study.Knee surgery & related research · 2022Article
- A Medial Subvastus Approach for Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Technique Description and Early Outcome Results.Arthroplasty today · 2021Article
- Ten-Year Survivorship, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Satisfaction of a Fixed-Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2020Article
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Abstract
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) is a common procedure for the management of isolated osteoarthritis. UKA is considered less invasive compared to total knee arthroplasty, associated with less operative time, blood loss and faster recovery. Isolated lateral osteoarthritis is a relatively uncommon clinical problem, with an incidence about ten times lower than the medial compartment. In fact, lateral UKA are about 5-10% of the total amount of the UKAs. In addition, it's historically considered more challenging and with poorer results. The aim of this paper was to compare current indications, modes of failure, survivorship and clinical results of medial and lateral UKA by a narrative review of the latest literature.
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