Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty vs. high tibial osteotomy for medial knee osteoarthritis (UNIKORN): a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common health problem resulting in knee pain and limiting patients' physical activity. After failed conservative treatment, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and high tibial osteotomy (HTO) are possible surgical treatment options for this condition. There is a paucity of high-quality evidence in the literature comparing objective and subjective outcomes of these procedures. Also, there is no common agreement on whether these procedures provide comparable results in late-stage medial knee OA patients.

Methods

We will perform a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing HTO and UKA in patients with late-stage medial knee OA. 100 patients with isolated medial knee OA (KL III-IV) are assigned to either UKA (n = 50) or

SUBMITTER: Siren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074655 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature