Does Bearing Design Influence Midterm Survivorship of Unicompartmental Arthroplasty?

Medial unicompartmental arthroplasties (UKA) are available with mobile- and fixed-bearing designs, with the advantages of one bearing over another unproven. We questioned whether the bearing design influenced clinical outcome, survivorship, the reason for revision, or the timing of failures. We retr...

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Published in:	Clinical orthopaedics and related research Vol. 468; no. 1; pp. 73 - 81
Main Authors:	Whittaker, John-Paul, Naudie, Douglas D. R., McAuley, James P., McCalden, Richard W., MacDonald, Steven J., Bourne, Robert B.
Format:	Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer-Verlag 01-01-2010 Springer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - instrumentation Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - methods Biological and medical sciences Conservative Orthopedics Diseases of the osteoarticular system Female Femur Head Necrosis - surgery Humans Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging Knee Joint - physiopathology Knee Joint - surgery Knee Prosthesis Male Medical sciences Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Orthopedic surgery Orthopedics Osteoarthritis, Knee - diagnostic imaging Osteoarthritis, Knee - physiopathology Osteoarthritis, Knee - surgery Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Prosthesis Design Prosthesis Failure Radiography Recovery of Function Reoperation - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Sports Medicine Surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgical Orthopedics Symposium: Papers Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Knee Society Treatment Outcome Aseptic Loosening Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Total Knee Arthroplasty High Tibial Osteotomy Tibial Component Prosthesis Orthopedics
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