Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (23): 3753-3759.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.23.025

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Evolution and status of unicompartmental knee prostheses  

Wan Fu-yin1, Guo Wan-shou2   

  1. 1Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; 2China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
  • Online:2017-08-18 Published:2017-09-01
  • Contact: Guo Wan-shou, Chief physician, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
  • About author:Wan Fu-yin, Studying for doctorate, Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing 100029, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty has been prevailed in orthopedics, but there is a lack of overview addressing unicompartmental knee prostheses.

OBJECTIVE: To review the evolution and current situation of unicompartmental knee prostheses and to discuss its classifications, characters and clinical outcomes, thereby providing guidance for clinical application.
METHODS: PubMed and WanFang databases were retrieved for the articles related to unicompartmental knee prostheses and its clinical outcomes. Totally 177 articles were retrieved, and finally 35 eligible articles plus other 4 reports were included after excluding repetitive studies.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) It has been more than 60 years since the birth of unicompartmental knee prostheses. Despite the difficult in the past, it comes to mature and the survival rate is more than 90% at 10 years. (2) At present, the most popular prostheses include mobile-bearing (represented by Oxford 3) and fixed-bearing(represented by ZUK and Link). There is no significant difference in clinical outcomes between two designs. However, their differences have been noted in their modes and timing of failures. (3) Aseptic loosening and lateral osteoarthritis progression remain the most common failure modes in unicompartmental knee prostheses. (4) Cementless prostheses and individual unicompartmental knee prostheses based on CT or MRI scan maybe promote the long-term efficacy of unicompartmental knee prostheses.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

Key words: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Prostheses Implantation, Tissue Engineering

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