Varus placement of the tibial component of Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty decreases the risk of postoperative tibial fracture.

Yoshihito Suda,Takafumi Hiranaka,Tomoyuki Kamenaga,Motoki Koide,Takaaki Fujishiro,Koji Okamoto,Tomoyuki Matsumoto

The bone & joint journal（2022）

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Abstract

In OUKA, the distance between the keel and posterior tibial cortex was longer in our patients with slight varus alignment of the tibial component, which seems to decrease the risk of postoperative tibial fracture.Cite this article: 2022;104-B(10):1118-1125.

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Oxford knee,Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty,Tibial component,Tibial fracture,Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty,Unicondylar knee replacement,knees,mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty,osteotomy,tibial components,tibial cortex,tibial cutting,tibial fractures,tibial plateau fracture,varus alignment

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