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UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS. INDICATIONS. N. CONFALONIERI ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATOLOGIC CENTER MILAN. -Patients selection -Operative techniques -Prosthetic design -Few complications. INDICATIONS: Unicomp. arthrosis Intact controlateral compartment
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UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS INDICATIONS
N. CONFALONIERIORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENTORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATOLOGIC CENTERMILAN
-Patients selection-Operative techniques-Prosthetic design-Few complications
INDICATIONS: Unicomp. arthrosis Intact controlateral compartment (Ist and 2d Ahlback’s classes) Asimptomatic patellofemoral joint ROM > 90° Axial deformity < 15°
INDICATIONS: Flexion deformity < 5° Age > 60 y. Body Weight: < 82 kg No joint laxity (intact ACL) No pain at rest No systemic disorders (reumathoid arthr., hemophilia)
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS RELATIVE CONCEPT !
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT ?
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS RARELY INTACT !
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS JOINT STIFFNESS ?
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS TO BE EVALUATED IN EACH CASE
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS JOINT LAXITY ?
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS ACCORDING TO AGE AND ACTIVITY
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS BODY WEIGHT ?
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS RELATIVE CONCEPT !
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS CONTROINDICATIONS: Flexion deformity > 15° Osteoporosis + Obesity + Deformity Technical errors: - polyetylene < 6 mm - ipercorrection - hip disease
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS CONTROINDICATIONS: Reumathoid arthr., Hemophilia Serious joint laxity Serious varus deformity Serious symptomatic patello-femoral arthritis
-Patients selection-Operative techniques-Prosthetic design-Few complications
-Patients selection-Operative techniques-Prosthetic design-Few complications
-Patients selection-Operative techniques-Prosthetic design-Few complications
UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS 1988 - 2000: 211 cases COMPLICATIONS • DVT: 4 (1.8%) • CONDILE FRACTURES: 1 tibial (0.4%) • 1 femoral (0.4%) • SUPERFICIAL INFECTIONS: 6 (2.8%) • SYNOVITIS: 3 (1.1%)
Angolo Momento Potenza Descent Uni fixed bearing(K,1148) Normal dynamic and videomatic (cynematic)
CONCLUSIONSMost patients with UKA walked with a more normal gait pattern than patients with TKA.Some worrisome radiographic findings will require careful long term evalutation to assess UKA longevity and utility.J.O. Galante (1996)