Current Trends in Clinical Practice for the Minimal Invasive Medial Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty

• 作者: Yonggang Li
• 来源期刊: 矫形学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty Minimal Invasive Knee Arthroplasty Current Trends of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（9）
• 页码范围: 252-267
• 页数: 16页
• 分类号: R68

摘要

<span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) is an early alternative surgical procedure for the unicondylar osteoarthritis or damaged knee joint with artificial </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">prosthesis for the release of disabling painful condition and restoring the</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 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.