Faster Recovery Seen With Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty | Health

The researchers found that the mean 2MWT distance was significantly longer after UKA than TKA at six weeks (difference, 18 m), three months (difference, 14.7 m), and six months (difference, 13.2 m). At one and two years, the distances were similar after UKA and TKA. The mean TUG was significantly shorter after UKA than TKA at six weeks and three months. After both treatments, the mean patient-reported outcome measures were similar, except for the Oxford Knee Score and subscales of the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score at six weeks and three months.

“To our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial to demonstrate faster recovery of 2MWT and TUG performance after UKA than after TKA,” the authors write.