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Review

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Justin Cobb  1 , Charles Rivière  1   2
Charles Rivière  1 , Pascal-André Vendittoli  2
, editors.
In: Personalized Hip and Knee Joint Replacement [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2020. Chapter 18.
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Review

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Justin Cobb et al.

Excerpt

We aim to restore the kinematics of the knee in unicompartmental arthroplasty as it was being used by that individual before the arthrosis developed. The knee is used in compression when standing and squatting and in swing phase, where a competent anterior and posterior cruciate ligament complex allows efficient and congruent flexion after toe off, followed by extension leading to heel strike. This combination of ligament tension and joint congruence is the key to a natural and efficient gait at varying speeds and gradients. Following UKA, which restores both stability and congruence, this state can be approached, but it is very hard to achieve following TKA which inevitably involves ACL sacrifice [1].

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