Open AccessUnicompartmental knee arthroplasty for tricompartment osteoarthritis in octogenarians
Author(s) -
S. K. S. Marya,
R Thukral
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.54970
Subject(s) - medicine , unicompartmental knee arthroplasty , osteoarthritis , surgery , perioperative , orthopedic surgery , arthritis , arthroplasty , radiography , alternative medicine , pathology
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is specifically indicated in isolated unicompartmental arthritis with competent ligaments. Recent series of UKA for unicompartmental arthritis have shown good function, persistence of pain relief, and nearly 90% survivorship at 15 years, even in knees that would perhaps not be considered good indications for UKA today. The perioperative morbidity of UKA is less than total knee arthroplasty. We present our series of 19 octogenarians with tricompartment osteoarthritis (predominant medial compartment involvement) treated with UKA as definitive surgery.