Long-Term Clinical Results of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Younger than 60 Years of Age: Minimum 10-Year Follow-up

Autor: Min Su Kang, Kyung-Tae Kim, Song Lee, Jung-Soo Lee, Ki Hyuk Koo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Knee Surgery & Related Research
ISSN: 2234-2451
2234-0726
Popis: Purpose: To evaluate the long-term clinical results and survivorship of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in patients younger than 60 years of age. Materials and Methods: One hundred and six cases of medial UKA with a minimum follow-up of 10 years were selected for this study. There were 80 patients and the preoperative diagnosis was osteoarthritis in all cases. The mean age of the patients was 54.2 years and the mean duration of followup was 12.1 years. Clinical assessments were performed using the Knee Society clinical rating system, and a survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The mean knee and function scores improved from 52.8±8.4 points and 56.6±10.6 points preoperatively to 85.4±9.1 points and 84.7±10.4 points at the last follow-up, respectively (p
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