TITLE:
Current Trends in Clinical Practice for the Minimal Invasive Medial Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty
AUTHORS:
Santosh Kumar Sah, Arjun Sinkemani, Yonggang Li
KEYWORDS:
Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty, Minimal Invasive Knee Arthroplasty, Current Trends of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Orthopedics,
Vol.10 No.9,
September
27,
2020
ABSTRACT: Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) is an early alternative surgical procedure
for the unicondylar osteoarthritis or damaged knee joint with artificial prosthesis for the release of disabling painful condition
and restoring the normal knee functions. Minimally UKA is one of the recent
and the majority successful procedures in modern orthopedics for the osteoarthritis
which is spreading throughout the worldwide. Recently, many orthopedic surgeons
are expanding their abilities in this field. However, it needs good knowledge and
well experience for the successful clinical outcomes. The minimal invasive approach
is more efficient for short hospital stay and faster postoperative recovery with
low morbidity of the patients after UKA. The aim of this article is to emphasize
the steps in UKA based on modern facts: function of knee joint, diagnosis, less
invasive approach for medial condylar replacement, radiographic evaluation, and
earlier recovery, selecting the patient and implant survivorship with review of
surgery.