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The Journal of Arthroplasty, ISSN: 0883-5403, Vol: 19, Issue: 4, Page: 9-16
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Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: New indications, more complications?
Kelly G. Vince; Leah T. CyranKnee
Despite mixed results with unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in the 1970s, the UKA was established as a reliable procedure in the low-demand, elderly patient. Dependable results up to a decade prompted the idea that UKA may work equally well in the younger patient. Expanded indications for UKA are being evaluated: might higher failure rates and difficult revisions emerge from younger, more active patients?
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