Medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is undertaken in patients with a passively correctable varus deformity. Our hypothesis was that restoration of natural soft tissue tension would result in a comparable lower limb alignment with the contralateral normal lower limb after mobile-bearing medial UKA. In this retrospective study, hip-knee-ankle (HKA) angle, position of the weight-bearing axis (WBA) and knee joint line obliquity (KJLO) after mobile-bearing medial UKA was compared with the normal (clinically and radiologically) contralateral lower limb in 123 patients.Aims
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Introduction. A key outcome measured by national joint registries are revision events. This informs best practice and identifies poor-performing surgical devices. Although registry data often record reasons for revision arthroplasty, interpretation is limited by lack of standardised definitions of revision reasons and objective assessment of radiologic and laboratory parameters. Our study aim was to compare reasons for
Introduction. This study assessed outcomes of total knee joint replacements (TKJR) in patients who had undergone previous periarticular osteotomy compared with
Purpose. We may consider total knee arthroplasty on one knee and
Source of the study: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand and University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are predictors of knee arthroplasty revision.
Source of the study: University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
The treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) in conjunction with anterior knee laxity is an issue of debate. Current treatment options include knee joint distraction,
Multiple reports suggest good outcome results following
Introduction. The efficacy of Virtual Reality (VR) as a teaching augment for arthroplasty has not been well examined for unfamiliar multistep procedures such as
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Introduction:. Isolated lateral compartment osteoarthritis (OA) occurs in 5–10% of knees with unicompartmental OA. Lateral
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Introduction & aims. Patient specific instrumentation (PSI) is a useful tool to execute pre-operatively planned surgical cuts and reduce the number of trays in surgery. Debate currently exists around improved accuracy, efficacy and patient outcomes when using PSI cutting guides compared to conventional instruments.
Osteoarthritis of the knee is a debilitating condition affecting millions of persons, often requiring arthroplasty to relieve pain and improve mobility. For those patients with disease in only one compartment of the knee,
INTRODUCTION. Successful clinical outcomes following
Purpose. Long-term clinical and radiographic results and survival rates were compared between closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTOs) and fixed-bearing
We carried out a comparison of the analgesic requirements, length of stay in hospital, complications and cost effectiveness of patients who had either a continuous disposable infusion pump or standard treatment for