SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2022
Obesity increases the risk of conversion to total knee arthroplasty after unicompartimental knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis.
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- Obesity has no adverse effect on the survival of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in a long-term follow-up of 16 years.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Robotic-Assisted Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Provides Better FJS-12 Score and Lower Mid-Term Complication Rates Compared to Conventional Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in obese patients, poorer survivorship at 15 years.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Trends in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty among 138 international experienced arthroplasty knee surgeons.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Comparison of Functional Outcomes of Two Knee Arthroplasty Techniques (Total Knee Arthroplasty and Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty) for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis, simultaneously done in the Same Patients.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2024Article
- A BMI above 30 results in satisfying outcomes in patients undergoing fixed-bearing lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Pain Course after Total Knee Arthroplasty within a Standardized Pain Management Concept: A Prospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Patellofemoral arthroplasty: obesity linked to high risk of revision and progression of medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this meta-analysis was to to determine the influence of obesity on patient outcome and implant survivorship after primary unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA).
methodsA PRISMA systematic review was conducted by searching the Medline (PubMed), EMBASE, and Cochrane electronic databases to identify clinical studies investigating the effect of obesity on outcomes after UKA. Data were collected on aspecifically designed extraction form. Methodological quality was assessed using the Methodological Index for Nonrandomized Studies score. Quantitative meta-analysis was carried out using RevMan 5.4 software.
resultsA total of 17 studies were included; 43,845 primary UKA patients were classified by their BMI: on-obese (BMI 25 to < 30 kg/m
conclusionObesity and severe obesity were associated with significantly higher revision and lower implant survival rates. Obesity did not influence clinical and most functional outcomes after UKA, whereas KSS function score was significantly lower only for the severely obese patient group. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III, meta-analysis.
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