Knee replacement - partial

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Knee replacement - partial

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty; Unicondylar Knee Replacement; Arthroplasty - Unicompartmental Knee

Risks for anesthesia include:

• Reactions to medications
• Problems breathing

Risks for any surgery include:

• Bleeding
• Infection

Risks specific to UKA include:

• Deep vein thrombosis
• Nerve and blood vessel damage
• Implant failure
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (rare)
• Fluid build-up in the knee joint
• Pain with kneeling

Berger RA, Meneghini RM, Jacobs JJ, et al. Results of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at a minimum of ten years of follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 May;87(5):999-1006.

Patil S, Colwell CW Jr, Ezzet KA, et al. Can normal knee kinematics be restored with unicompartmental knee replacement? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2005 Feb;87(2):332-8.

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