Should patients aged 75 years or older undergo medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty? A propensity score-matched study

Should patients aged 75 years or older undergo medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty? A propensity score-matched study

Introduction With increasing life expectancies worldwide, more elderly patients with isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis may become suitable UKA candidates. However, there is a paucity of literature comparing outcomes between older patients (≥ 75 years) and younger patients undergoing UKA. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery 2020-07, Vol.140 (7), p.949-956
Hauptverfasser: Liow, Ming Han Lincoln, Goh, Graham S., Pang, Hee-Nee, Tay, Darren Keng-Jin, Chia, Shi-Lu, Lo, Ngai-Nung, Yeo, Seng-Jin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arthritis
Cost analysis
Demographics
Joint replacement surgery
Knee
Knee Arthroplasty
Life expectancy
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oldest old people
Orthopedics
Osteoarthritis
Range of motion
Science & Technology
Surgery
Surgical techniques
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction With increasing life expectancies worldwide, more elderly patients with isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis may become suitable UKA candidates. However, there is a paucity of literature comparing outcomes between older patients (≥ 75 years) and younger patients undergoing UKA. The aim of this study was to determine if there were differences in functional and HRQoL measures between older patients (≥ 75 years) and younger controls (
ISSN:0936-8051
1434-3916
DOI:10.1007/s00402-020-03440-4