Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (32): 5216-5220.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1342

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Individualized treatment of knee osteoarthritis

Meng Wei   

  1. Binhai Hospital, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300480, China
  • Online:2019-11-18 Published:2019-11-18
  • About author:Meng Wei, Associate chief physician, Binhai Hospital, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300480, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Knee osteoarthritis can be divided into primary and secondary osteoarthritis. The etiology of primary osteoarthritis is still unclear. Although there are many treatments, they all have their indications and disadvantages.
OBJECTIVE: To compare and analyze the advantages and the best indications of diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis, so as to provide basis and guidance for clinical work and scientific research.
METHODS: PubMed and Wanfang databases published from 2009 to 2018 were retrieved by the first author. The key words were “knee osteoarthritis, treatment, high tibial osteotomy, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty” in English and Chinese. Artificial screening was conducted according to the selection criteria to exclude the poor correlation and duplicate and obsolete literature, and finally 24 articles were included.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) At present, the most advanced viewpoint is to adopt different treatment methods in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, such as high tibial osteotomy, unicondylar replacement and total knee replacement, to integrate the methods of “knee protection” and “knee replacement”. (2) For patients with knee osteoarthritis, individual conditions should be comprehensively evaluated and individualized treatment scheme should be put forward—stepped treatment of knee osteoarthritis, taking into account both joint-preserving therapy and joint replacement therapy. Moreover, consideration should be given to the relief of pain and protection of function, survival rate of prosthesis and patient satisfaction so as to choose the treatment ladder that is really suitable for patients. (3) Therefore, an objective, targeted and individualized optimal scheme still needs to be formulated in the systematic diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis. It is still necessary to further explore the practice in the future clinical and research work. 

Key words: knee osteoarthritis, pathogenesis, individualized treatment, stepped treatment, high tibial osteotomy, unicondylar replacement, total knee replacement

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