I-Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) iyindlela yokuhlinzwa ye-knee arthroplasty (TKA) yokwelapha i-unicompartmental osteoarthritis. Kodwa-ke, idatha yezinga lokuhluleka kwe-UKA libonisa izinga lokusinda leminyaka engu-7 lika-74%, eliphansi kakhulu kunalelo le-TKA (92%). Nakuba izici zeziguli ngokwazo zandisa ingozi yokwehluleka, njengeziguli ezisencane kanye nenani eliphakeme lesisindo somzimba (BMI) kungase kwenyuse ingozi yokwehluleka kwe-UKA, amaphutha obuchwepheshe bokuhlinzwa abhekwe njengezici ezibalulekile zengozi yokwehluleka kwangaphambi kwesikhathi. Ku-UKA, kuyinselele ukuzuza ukuqondanisa kokwenziwa kwe-prosthetic kanye ne-overhang (i-overhang). I-prosthesis ye-tibial kufanele ibe nobukhulu futhi ifakwe ngendlela yokunciphisa ukucasuka kwezicubu ezithambile, futhi ukuqhuma kwe-tibial yangaphakathi okungaphezu kwe-3 mm kuboniswe ukuthi kuyingozi enkulu engozini yokunciphisa i-Oxford Knee Score (OKS) nobuhlungu obandayo. Inhloso eyinhloko yalolu cwaningo bekuwukuhlola yonke imiphumela yomtholampilo neyomfanekiso ye-UKA.
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