Results showed patients who underwent unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for medial compartment osteoarthritis had lower joint awareness, decreased pain, improved function and higher satisfaction compared with total knee arthroplasty.
Researchers analyzed two matched cohorts of patients with medial compartment OA who underwent either UKA or TKA between 2014 and 2015 at a single institution. The UKA cohort consisted of 127 UKAs in 120 patients (mean age of 69 years), while the TKA cohort consisted of 118 TKAs in 116 patients (mean age of 71 years). Outcomes were assessed at minimum 5-year