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The Knee, ISSN: 0968-0160, Vol: 27, Issue: 4, Page: 1279-1284
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MRI-determined preoperative lateral meniscus degeneration is not associated with adverse mid-term clinical results after mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Tanaka, Toshikazu; Hiranaka, Takafumi; Anjiki, Kensuke; Fujishiro, Takaaki; Okamoto, KojiKnee
Background
One of the conditions constituting surgical indication for medial mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is that there is full-thickness cartilage in the lateral compartment under valgus stress radiography. However, it is unclear whether medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty should be performed if there is degeneration of the lateral meniscus on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Methods
The records of 77 patients (77 knees) who underwent Oxford mobile-bearing UKA were retrospectively reviewed. Based on the status of the lateral meniscus in each knee using preoperative MRI with Stoller’s classification system, the patients were divided into two groups; a normal group and a lateral meniscus degenerated group (grades 1–3). The preoperative personal data and the outcome data three years postoperatively were compared.
Results
The normal group contained 31 knees while the lateral meniscus degenerated group comprised 46 knees. There was no difference in clinical outcome or knee function between the groups at three years after UKA. There was no difference in re-operation and revision rate between the groups with no revisions in either group.
Conclusions
It may not be necessary to exclude UKA indications for cases with degenerative findings in the lateral meniscus on preoperative MRI.
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