Image-based robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty provides high survival and good-to-excellent clinical outcomes at minimum 10 years follow-up. 2023

Francesco Zambianchi, and Stefano Seracchioli, and Giorgio Franceschi, and Riccardo Cuoghi Costantini, and Alessandro Malatesta, and Giovanni Barbo, and Fabio Catani
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia, Modena, Italy. francesco.zambianchi@gmail.com.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to determine the incidence of revision and report on clinical outcomes at a minimum of 10 years follow-up in patients who had received a medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) with an three-dimensional image-based robotic system. METHODS A total of 239 patients (247 knees), who underwent medial robotic-arm assisted (RA)-UKA at a single center between April 2011 and June 2013, were assessed. The mean age at surgery was 67.0 years (SD 8.4). Post-operatively, patients were administered the Forgotten Joint Score-12 (FJS-12) and asked about their satisfaction (from 1 to 5). Post-operative complications were recorded. Failure mechanisms, revisions and reoperations were collected. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were calculated, considering revision as the event of interest. RESULTS A total of 188 patients (196 knees) were assessed at a mean follow-up of 11.1 years (SD 0.5, range 10.0-11.9), resulting in a 79.4% follow-up rate. Seven RA-UKA underwent revision, resulting in a survivorship rate of 96.4% (CI 94.6%-99.2%). Causes of revision included aseptic loosening (2 cases), infection (1 case), post-traumatic (1 case), and unexplained pain (3 cases). The mean FJS-12 and satisfaction were 82.2 (SD 23.9) and 4.4 (SD 0.9), respectively. Majority of cases (174/196, 88.8%) attained the Patient Acceptable Symptoms State (PASS, FJS-12 > 40.63). Male subjects had a higher probability of attaining a "forgotten joint" (p < 0.001) and high satisfaction (equal to 5, p < 0.05), when compared to females. CONCLUSIONS Three-dimensional image-based RA-UKA demonstrated high implant survivorship and good-to-excellent clinical outcomes at minimum 10 years follow-up. Pain of unknown origin represented the most common reason for RA-UKA revision. METHODS III.

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