ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2022
Early results of fixed-bearing unicompartmental knee replacement designed for the lateral compartment.
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- Change in patellar height in medial and lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a clinical trial.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Trial
- Ninety-three point seven percent pooled 10-year survival rate following lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for isolated lateral knee osteoarthritis-A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Optimising outcomes in lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: Analysing 25 years of registry data.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is an effective procedure for lateral post-meniscectomy knee osteoarthritis: a case-control study at a mean 7-year follow-up.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- Fixed lateral unicompartmental knee replacement is a reliable treatment for lateral compartment osteoarthritis after mobile-bearing medial unicompartmental replacement.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Fixed-bearing is superior to mobile-bearing in lateral unicompartmental knee replacement: a retrospective matched-pairs analysis.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Short- to mid-term results of minimally invasive lateral unicompartmental knee replacement: 133 cases in a non-designer series.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- Complications after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in a fast-track setting: a prospective cohort study of 170 procedures.Acta orthopaedica · 2023Article
- Physical Activity of Young Patients following Minimally Invasive Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Replacement.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIsolated lateral compartment knee arthritis is less prevalent than medial. While the reported results of medial unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) have been good and comparable to total knee replacement, the results of lateral UKR have been mixed. We present the short-term results and survivorship of a fixed-bearing UKR designed specifically for the lateral compartment.
methodsWe report the result of 130 primary fixed-bearing lateral Oxford (FLO) UKRs (123 patients) performed between 2015 and 2019 with a minimum follow-up of 1 year. The indications for lateral UKR were: isolated lateral osteoarthritis (n = 122), post-trauma (n = 5) and osteonecrosis (n = 3). The mean age was 69.1 (± 11.6), mean BMI 28.4 (± 4.9), 66.9% female, 60% right-sided, and mean follow-up 3 (range 1-4.8 years, standard deviation ± 1) years. The primary outcome measure was the Oxford knee score (OKS). Survival analysis was performed with "revision for any reason", "reoperation", and "implant failure" as the endpoints.
resultsSix patients died from unrelated reasons. None of the implants failed. One required the addition of a medial UKR for medial arthritis. There were no other reoperations. At 4 years, the survival for implant failure was 100% and for both revision and all reoperations was 99.5% (95% CI 96.7-99.9%). At the last review, at a mean of 3 years, the mean Oxford knee score was 41.
conclusionThe good survivorship and outcome scores suggest that UKR designed for the lateral compartment is an excellent alternative to total knee replacement in selected patients with isolated lateral tibiofemoral arthritis at short-term follow-up.
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