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ArticleInternational orthopaedics2024

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for lateral compartment knee osteoarthritis: a credible surgical approach and short-term clinical outcomes.

Huang Wei, Shen Xianyue, Xu Ze, Zhang Linlin, Li Zheng, Zhu Chen

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Huang Wei *Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-2513-1993
Shen Xianyue *Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, People's Republic of China.
Xu ZeDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, People's Republic of China.
Zhang LinlinDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, People's Republic of China.
Li ZhengDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, People's Republic of China.
Zhu ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230001, People's Republic of China. zhuchena@ustc.edu.cn.

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Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities WK9110000161Key Research and Development Program Foundation of Anhui Province 2023s07020008)
6 · The paper itself

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purposeWe aimed to investigate the technical advantages and clinical outcomes of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (LUKA) through the medial parapatellar approach.

methodsFrom August 2022 to June 2024, 104 patients who underwent LUKA via the medial parapatellar approach were enrolled. The operation time, hospital stays, surgical complications and follow-up period were collected. Pre- and postoperative Range of movement (ROM), Oxford knee score (OKS) and Hospital for special surgery knee score (HSS) were recorded and further investigated by paired-samples t-test analysis.

resultsPrimary demographic data of the retrospective case series collected include gender (30 males and 74 females), age (63.1 ± 8.37 years, range 49-84 years), operation time (86 ± 17 min, range 52-135 min), hospital stays (4.0 ± 1.1 days, range 3-8 days) and follow-up period (9.9 ± 5.7 months, range 1-23 months). There was a significant improvement in ROM (P < 0.001), OKS (P < 0.001) and HSS (P < 0.001) compared to preoperative values. Patient satisfaction at 1-month postoperative follow-up was up to 95%. The incidence of deep venous thrombosis was 16.3%. There was no incidence of postoperative infection.

conclusionThe medial parapatellar approach is a understandable, easy to master and credible surgical approach for LUKA, showing a striking improvement in clinical outcomes without adverse events in the short-term follow-up.

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Arthroplasty, Replacement, KneeOsteoarthritis, KneeRange of Motion, ArticularAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansKnee JointLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedOperative TimePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeArthroplastyKneeLateral unicompartmental arthroplastyOsteoarthritis

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