
Arthroplasty
Mobile bearing UKA provides similar results to TKA for knee OA
Knee. 2012 Mar;19(2):103-6. Epub 2011 Feb 22.56 patients suffering from unicompartmental osteoarthritis were randomized to either undergo unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to compare clinical and functional results. At an average of 52 month follow-up, UKA provided similar functional outcomes to TKA, while requiring less surgical time and fewer blood transfusions.
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