Robotic arm-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: high survivorship and good patient-related outcomes at a minimum five years of follow-up

• Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA Vol. 29; no. 10; pp. 3316 - 3322
• Main Authors: Zambianchi, Francesco, Daffara, Valerio, Franceschi, Giorgio, Banchelli, Federico, Marcovigi, Andrea, Catani, Fabio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2021; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Age factors; Arthroplasty (knee); Body mass; Body mass index; Body size; Joint replacement surgery; Joint surgery; Joints (anatomy); Knee; Males; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Pain; Patient satisfaction; Patients; Revisions; Robot arms; Robotic surgery; Sports Medicine; Survival; Survivor; UKA; Robotic arm-assisted; Mid-term; Survival; Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

Purpose Robotic arm-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (RA-UKA) has been shown to improve component placement, reduce intraoperative variability, increase patient satisfaction and improve short-term survivorship results. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the incidence of...