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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Multimedia
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![]() | Media file 1: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The minimally invasive technique with a paramedial skin incision. |
![]() | Media file 2: Extension of the minimally invasive skin incision for a total knee arthroplasty. |
![]() | Media file 3: The mobile-bearing unicompartmental prosthesis. |
![]() | Media file 4: Revision to a total knee arthroplasty; view after removal of the unicompartmental prosthesis. |
![]() | Media file 8: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. When a mobile-bearing prosthesis is used, the bearing can become dislocated. |
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Keywords
unicompartmental knee replacement, unicondylar knee arthroplasty, uni-knee, uniknee, knee arthritis, total knee arthroplasty, high tibial osteotomy, medial osteoarthritis
















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