Patients With Significant Medical Comorbidities May Benefit from Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Over Total Knee Arthroplasty
This study found an increase in complication rates, readmission rates, and LOS, along with a lower likelihood of discharge home when undergoing a TKA. These findings suggest that patients with significant medical comorbidities at baseline may benefit from UKA over TKA when anatomically indicated. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USAArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | Full text
Source: Journal of Knee Surgery - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Pascual-Leone, Nicolas Sloan, Matthew Shah, Vivek M. Sheth, Neil P. Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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