Patient relevant outcomes of unicompartmental versus total knee replacement: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To present a clear and comprehensive summary of the published data on unicompartmental knee replacement (UKA) or total knee replacement (TKA), comparing domains of outcome that have been shown to be important to patients and clinicians to allow informed decision making.

Design

Systematic review using data from randomised controlled trials, nationwide databases or joint registries, and large cohort studies.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials (CENTRAL), and Clinical Trials.gov, searched between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2018.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Studies published in the past 20 years, comparing outcomes of primary UKA with TKA in adult patients. Studies were excluded if they involved fewer th

SUBMITTER: Wilson HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383371 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature