Title |
The long-term benefit of computer-assisted surgical navigation in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
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Published in |
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, December 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1749-799x-5-94 |
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Authors |
Arpad Konyves, Charles A Willis-Owen, Anthony J Spriggins |
Abstract |
We reviewed the outcomes of 30 consecutive primary unicompartmental knee arthroplasties (UKA) performed by a single surgeon for medial compartmental osteoarthritis. Fifteen Allegretto knees were implanted without computer navigation and 15 EIUS knees were implanted with navigation. We compared the survivorship, radiological and clinical outcomes of the two groups at an average of 8.9 years and 6.9 years respectively. The patients were assessed clinically using the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and radiologically using long-leg weightbearing films and non-weightbearing computed tomography alignment measurements. The overall survivorship was 86.7% at 9 years. A higher proportion of navigated knees were well aligned with a more reproducible position and malaligned knees tended to have a less favourable OKS. However, we found no statistically significant difference in survivorship, clinical outcome and radiological alignment between the two groups. |
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