Minimally Invasive Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty in a Patellectomized Patient

Overview

Journal Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc

Publisher Wiley

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopedics

Date 2011 Nov 22

PMID 22102010

Citations 4

Authors

Hee-Nee Pang

Gerard Ee

Ngai-Nung Lo

Seng-Jin Yeo

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Abstract

Patellectomized patients may have less satisfactory clinical outcomes following total knee arthroplasty due to a decreased extensor mechanism efficiency and potential instability. The literature only reports 3 case series of patients who had a previous patellectomy undergoing a Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty (UKA) with mixed results. A Minimally Invasive fixed-bearing UKA was performed in a patellectomized patient with excellent postoperative knee stability and clinical outcomes after 5 years. MIS UKA may be a viable option for patellectomized patients with isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis and no preoperative extensor deficiency or instability. Level of evidence IV.

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