Aims The aim of this study was to assess the influence of obesity on the clinical outcomes
and survivorship ten years postoperatively in patients who underwent a fixed-bearing …

Obesity is a known major contributing risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (OA). It is also
believed that obese unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) patients tend to have poorer …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the functional outcomes and
complication rates of patients in short-term and midterm follow-up period when medial …

Recent studies have demonstrated clinical success in expanding the indications for
unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) to patients with increased body mass index …

Purpose The effect of being obese on the long-term survival of total joint arthroplasty is
persistently discussed. Considering only studies with large cohort of patients and meta …

The significance of weight in the indications for unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR)
is unclear. Our hypothesis was that weight does not affect the long-term rate of survival of …

Obesity is associated with a greater prevalence of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Obese
patients are thought to have worse outcomes following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty …

Introduction Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has gained in popularity during the
last years. However, the body mass index (BMI) of patients undergoing UKA is …

Background Several recent studies have recommended offering unicompartmental knee
arthroplasty (UKA) to all patients regardless of body mass index (BMI). The aim of this …

Limited evidence is available on mid-term follow-up for patients with body mass index
(BMI)≥ 40 receiving a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA). The primary objective of …