SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2022
Insufficient evidence to confirm benefits of custom partial knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Insufficient evidence to confirm benefits of custom partial knee arthroplasty: a systematic review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Pooled it
- [The importance of individual knee arthroplasty].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- No advantage for patient-specific UKA in comparison with standard UKA regarding clinical and functional results at short-term follow-up.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Observational
- Patient-specific versus off-the-shelf unicompartmental knee arthroplasty during level walking.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Robot-assisted partial knee replacement versus standard total knee replacement (RoboKnees): a protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Personalisation and customisation in total knee arthroplasty: the paradox of custom knee implants.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Custom total knee arthroplasty combined with personalised alignment grants 94% patient satisfaction at minimum follow-up of 2 years.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Is sequential bilateral robotic total knee arthroplasty a safe procedure? A matched comparative pilot study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Functional alignment with robotic‑arm assisted total knee arthroplasty demonstrated better patient-reported outcomes than mechanical alignment with manual total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Patient Specific Instruments and Patient Individual Implants-A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Quadriceps strength is an early indicator of return to competitive sports 1 year after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in adult amateur athletes.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- Custom TKA combined with personalised coronal alignment yield improvements that exceed KSS substantial clinical benefits.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- No difference in patient-reported satisfaction after 12 months between customised individually made and off-the-shelf total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- Image-based robot assisted bicompartmental knee arthroplasty versus total knee arthroplasty.SICOT-J · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this systematic review was to synthesise the available literature and critically appraise current evidence on the functional and radiographic outcomes as well as reoperation and revision rates of custom partial knee arthroplasty, i.e., unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), bicompartmental knee arthroplasty (BKA), and patellofemoral arthroplasty (PFA). MATERIAL AND
methodsThis systematic review was performed in accordance with the guidelines of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), and a protocol was registered with Prospero. On 25 May 2021, two authors independently searched and screened Level I-IV studies that reported on outcomes of custom partial knee arthroplasty using the databases of MEDLINE
resultsFifteen articles were eligible for data extraction, of which two comparative and four case series were on custom UKA (follow-up, 0-9 months), one comparative and five case series on custom BKA (follow-up, 0.25-72 months), and three case series on custom PFA (follow-up, 2-119 months). Three studies on custom UKA reported mean Knee Society Score (KSS) Knee of 86-94 and mean KSS Function of 94-95, and two studies on custom BKA reported mean KSS Knee of 90-94 and KSS function of 81, whereas one study on custom PFA reported KSS Knee of 91 and KSS Function of 89. Custom implants tended to have less bone-implant mismatch compared to off the shelf (OTS) implants. Revision rates were 3-25% for custom UKA (at 0-109 months), 3-5% for custom BKA (at 12-72 months), and 0-14% for custom PFA (at 2-119 months).
conclusionDue to the small number of comparative studies and lack of consistency in reported outcomes, it remains difficult to ascertain the benefits of custom partial knee arthroplasty. Anecdotal evidence suggests that, compared to OTS implants, custom implants result in less bone-implant mismatch and that 78-91% of patients are either satisfied or very satisfied after custom partial knee arthroplasty. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.
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