Procedures

Uni-compartmental Knee Replacement

Patients requiring knee replacement may have osteoarthritis entirely localised to one or other knuckle or compartment of the knee, often associated with very mild bow leg or knock knee deformity. In these patients, and providing that strict criteria are adhered to, a partial knee replacement more usually called a uni-compartmental knee replacement may be performed.

Partial knee replacement has several advantages over total knee replacement. The surgery preserves more of the patient’s own natural knee.  Recovery is faster and the replaced knee may feel more natural and be more supple following surgery.   Rates of complication are a little lower.

The principal disadvantage is that partial knee replacements appear to be less durable than total knee replacement, most National Registries reporting failure rates at ten years around double those associated with conventional total knee replacement.

Both Mr Gibb & Mr Bowman use the CORI robotic tool when performing partial knee replacement.