Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, an enigma, and the ten enigmas of medial UKA

• Main Authors: Anurag Mittal, Prashant Meshram, Woo Hyun Kim, Tae Kyun Kim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
• Series: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Subjects: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; UKA; Cementless; Cost effectiveness; Indications; Bearing surface
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10195-020-00551-x

Abstract Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a bone- and ligament-sparing alternative to total knee arthroplasty in the patients with end-stage single-compartment degeneration of the knee. Despite being a successful procedure, the multiple advantages of UKA do not correlate with its usage, most likely due to the concerns regarding prosthesis survivability, patient selection, ideal bearing design, and judicious use of advanced technology among many others. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to review and summarize the debated literature and discuss the controversies as “Ten Enigmas of UKA.”