Knee Osteoarthritis Grading System for Arthroplasty

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An osteoarthritic (OA) knee patient usually presents to the clinician with varying symptoms including pain, stiffness, instability, and difficulties in activities of daily living. In patients with significant symptoms, the decision of whether to offer a knee arthroplasty is dependent on confirmation of bone-on-bone arthritis in the affected knee. Assessment before the implementation of a specific type of knee arthroplasty (KA) includes the history, clinical presentation, special investigations, patient’s preference, and surgeon’s skill in different available options.

Typically, primary OA tends to start in one compartment and with time progresses to be tri-compartmental. In cases with single compartment disease, partial knee arthroplasty (PKA) provides significant advantages over total knee arthroplasty (TKA). These include better function, reduced morbidity and mortality, and more natural feel of the replaced knee. Although excellent results following PKA are seen in appropriate patients, there is significant variability in outcomes and globally higher revision rates of PKA are observed when compared to TKA. The reasons for this higher revision rate are multi-factorial and include variation in patient selection, surgical technique, as well as differing thresholds for revision of PKA, compared to TKA.

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