Unicompartmental vs. segmental bicompartmental vs. total knee replacement: comparison of clinical outcomes
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Knee Surgery & Related Research
Open Access
Unicompartmental vs. segmental bicompartmental vs. total knee replacement: comparison of clinical outcomes Oday Al-Dadah1,2* , Georgina Hawes3, Philip J. Chapman-Sheath3, John William Tice3 and David S. Barrett3,4
Abstract Purpose: Combined medial tibiofemoral and symptomatic patellofemoral osteoarthritis is not amenable to unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR). Total knee replacement (TKR) is an invasive option in younger adults with high functional demands. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcome of patients who have undergone UKR, bicompartmental knee replacement (BKR) and TKR up to 2 years post-operatively. Materials and methods: This prospective study comprised 133 subjects including 30 patients in the medial UKR group, 53 patients in the BKR group (combined medial UKR with patellofemoral joint replacement) and 50 patients in the TKR group. All subjects were evaluated using the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and the Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). Patients in each group were assessed using both scoring systems pre-operatively and 6 months, 1 year and 2 years post-operatively. Results: Significant improvement of OKS was found at 6 months compared to baseline for UKR (22.7 to 38.1, p = 0.046), BKR (22.6 to 36.8, p < 0.001) and TKR (16.6 to 34.5, p < 0.001). Significant improvement was also found for the WOMAC sub-scores for all three groups during this time period. After 6 months, there was no further statistically significant improvement in either outcome score in any of the groups up to the 2-year follow-up results. There was no significant difference in either outcome score post-operatively between the three groups. Conclusion: The magnitude of clinical improvement following knee replacement is greatest at 6 months; thereafter, only modest improvements continue to occur. This study also found no significant differences of outcomes at 2 years after surgery among UKR, BKR and TKR. BKR is a good alternative option for combined symptomatic medial and patellofemoral arthritis of the knee. Keywords: Bicompartmental, Unicompartmental, Total knee replacement, Arthroplasty, Clinical outcome scores
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, UK 2 Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, South Tyneside Hospital, Harton Lane, South Tyneside NE34 0PL, UK Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in
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