What is the Evidence for Clinical Use of Advanced Technology in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty?

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader What is the Evidence for Clinical Use of Advanced Technology in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty? Via The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery Background With an aim of improving prosthesis survivorship of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), use of computer-assisted technologies (CATs) such as robotics, has been on the rise to reduce intraoperative errors in surgical technique. In light of recent influx of CATs in the UKA, a review of these innovations will help providers to understand their clinical utility. Method A systematic literature search was performed following PRISMA guidelines. Results Among 19 studies comparing robotic UKA (rUKA) with conventional UKA, only 32% were randomized control trials, 47% reported minimum mean follow-up of 2 years, and 21% evaluated prosthesis survival. Similar results were obtained for navigation-assisted UKA and UKA performed with patient-specific instrumentation. Conclusion While CATs seem to reduce the surgical errors in UKA, the evidence on the efficacy of any of the studied CATs to improve survivorship remains limited and there are issues related to cost-effectiveness, learning curve, and increase in operating time. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.