Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: US and global perspectives

DA Crawford, KR Berend… - Orthopedic Clinics, 2020 - orthopedic.theclinics.com
With expanded indications, UKA can be considered in young, active, and obese patients.
UKA has shown to have improved knee range of motion, kinematics, functional recovery …

Mortality and adverse joint outcomes following septic arthritis of the native knee: a longitudinal cohort study of patients receiving arthroscopic washout

SGF Abram, A Alvand, A Judge, DJ Beard… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The short-term and long-term consequences of septic arthritis are uncertain. We
aimed to determine risk of mortality and adverse joint outcomes following septic arthritis of …

[HTML][HTML] Total versus partial knee replacement in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: the TOPKAT RCT.

DJ Beard, LJ Davies, JA Cook… - Health technology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Late-stage medial compartment knee osteoarthritis can be treated using
total knee replacement or partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement. There is high …

Does regional anesthesia reduce complications following total hip and knee replacement compared with general anesthesia? An analysis from the National Joint …

GS Matharu, C Garriga, A Rangan, A Judge - The Journal of arthroplasty, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Regional anesthesia is increasingly used in enhanced recovery programs
following total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR). However, debate …

Declining early mortality after hip and knee arthroplasty

IA Harris, A Hatton, R de Steiger, P Lewis… - ANZ journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background We aimed to measure the period effect (change over time) in 30day mortality
after total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using data from the …

Is aspirin as effective as the newer direct oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after total hip and knee arthroplasty? An analysis from the …

GS Matharu, C Garriga, MR Whitehouse… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Few studies have compared aspirin with direct oral anticoagulants
(DOACs)(DOACs= direct thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors) for venous …

Should patients aged 75 years or older undergo medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty? A propensity score-matched study

MHL Liow, GS Goh, HN Pang, DKJ Tay… - Archives of Orthopaedic …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction With increasing life expectancies worldwide, more elderly patients with isolated
medial compartment osteoarthritis may become suitable UKA candidates. However, there is …

[HTML][HTML] The unicompartmental knee is the preferred side in individuals with both a unicompartmental and total knee arthroplasty

AV Wiik, D Nathwani, A Akhtar, B Al-Obaidi… - Knee Surgery, Sports …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To determine the preferred knee in patients with both one total and one
unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Method Patients simply with a unicompartmental (UKA) …

[HTML][HTML] Patient preferences for surgical treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a discrete-choice experiment evaluating total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

CA Hutyra, JM Gonzalez, JC Yang, FR Johnson… - Jbjs, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a common treatment for end-stage knee
osteoarthritis but is associated with increased complication rates compared with …

[HTML][HTML] Partial or total knee replacement? Identifying patients' information needs on knee replacement surgery: a qualitative study to inform a decision aid

S Smith, A Alvand, L Locock, S Ryan, J Smith… - Quality of Life …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose For patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis, joint replacement is a widely used
and successful operation to help improve quality-of-life when non-operative measures have …