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Survivorship and Clinical Outcome of the Minimally Invasive Uniglide Medial Fixed Bearing, All-polyethylene Tibia, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty at a Mean Follow-up of 7.3 Years

Forster-Horváth, C., Artz, Neil, Hassaballa, M.A., Robinson, J.R., Porteous, A.J., Murray, J.R. and Newman, J.H. (2016) Survivorship and Clinical Outcome of the Minimally Invasive Uniglide Medial Fixed Bearing, All-polyethylene Tibia, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty at a Mean Follow-up of 7.3 Years. The Knee, 23 (6). pp. 981-986. ISSN 0968-0160

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Abstract

Background: Medial UKA performed in England and Wales represents 7 to 11% of all knee arthroplasty procedures, and is most commonly performed using mobile-bearing designs.
Fixed bearing eliminates the risk of bearing dislocation, however some studies have shown higher revision rates for all-polyethylene tibial components compared to those that utilize metal-backed implants. The aim of the study is to analyse survivorship and maximum 8-year clinical outcome of medial fixed bearing, Uniglide unicompartmental knee arthroplasty performed using an all-polyethylene tibial component with a minimal invasive approach.

Methods: Between 2002 and 2009, 270 medial fixed UKAs were performed in our unit. Patients were reviewed pre-operatively, 5 and 8 years post-operatively. Clinical and radiographic reviews were carried out. Patients’ outcome scores (Oxford, WOMAC and American Knee Score) were documented in our database and analysed.

Results: Survival and clinical outcome data of 236 knees with a mean 7.3 years follow-up are reported. Every patient with less than 4.93 years follow-up underwent a revision. The patients’ average age at the time of surgery was 69.5 years. The American Knee Society Pain and Function scores, the Oxford Knee Score and the WOMAC score all improved significantly. The 5 years survival rate was 94.1% with implant revision surgery as an end point. The estimated 10 years survival rate is 91.3%. 14 patients were revised before the 5 year follow-up.

Conclusion: Fixed bearing Uniglide UKA with an all-polyethylene tibial component is a valuable tool in the management of a medial compartment osteoarthritis, affording good short term survivorship.

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The authors would like to thank Suzanne Miller and Rachel Bray for their contribution to this work.

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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: unicondylar knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, survival rate, revision, all-polyethylene tibial component, patient reported outcome
Subjects: R Medicine > RD Surgery
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > School of Sport and Exercise Science
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Depositing User: Neil Artz
Date Deposited: 16 Aug 2016 14:23
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 17:13
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/4806

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