Scientific evidence for the use of modern unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-239

  Maduekwe, Uma I ^a   Zywiel, Michael G ^a   Bonutti, Peter M ^b   Johnson, Aaron J ^a   Delanois, Ronald E ^a   Mont, Michael A ^a  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b Bonutti Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; High tibial osteotomy; Knee; Minimally invasive; Outcome; Prosthesis; Total hip arthroplasty; Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ABOVE KNEE PROSTHESIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CORTICAL BONE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SITTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949404704     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.09.65     Document Type: Review

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