Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty | 合法醫療器材資訊網

“Minimally-invasive”partialkneereplacement(orminiknee)isasurgicaltechniquethatallowsapartialkneereplacementtobeinsertedthroughasmall(​3-3.5”) ...

This article covers topics related to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (sometimes called unicompartmental knee replacement or partial knee replacement) using minimally-invasive surgery (MIS) techniques for the treatment of arthritis.

Knee replacement is a surgical procedure that decreases pain and improves the quality of life in many patients with severe arthritis of the knees. Typically patients undergo this surgery after non-operative treatments (such as activity modification medications knee injections or walking with a cane) have failed to provide relief of arthritic symptoms. Surgeons have performed knee replacements for over three decades generally with excellent results; most reports have ten-year “success rates” in excess of 90 percent.

Broadly speaking there are two types of knee replacements: total knee replacements[1] (see figures 1 and 2) and unicompartmental (or partial) knee replacements (see figures 3 and 4). Both have long “track records”...