The Comparison of Anterior Knee Pain in Patella With or Without Denervation in Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
- Registration Number
- NCT03676179
- Lead Sponsor
- Ramathibodi Hospital
- Brief Summary
- the present study will conduct to assess anterior knee pain and complications after medial UKA with or without patella denervation in medial compartment arthritis and severe lateral facet patellofemoral arthritis patients. 
- Detailed Description
- In this prospective cohort study, the investigators will conduct to compare the clinical result of 70 patients of unicompartment knee arthroplasty with and without patella denervation between April, 2018 and April, 2019 for the patients with osteoarthritis. 
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 66
- Patients who diagnose with medial osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee with an Alhback score of 2, 3 and 4 (Ahlback 1968) and with any Kujala score for pre-operative anterior knee pain.
- Older than 40 years of age.
- pain on the medial joint line.
- primary medial compartment osteoarthritis with a well preserved lateral compartment with competent cruciate ligaments with correctable intraarticular varus deformity.
- ROM flexion up to 110° under anesthesia.
- Patients with fixed varus deformity > 15°
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Previous high tibial osteotomy or ACL reconstruction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - Kujala score - 6 months - Kujala score including 13 parameters with the score of 0-100, the higher the score the better the function. 
- Secondary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - complication - 6 months - number of participant with DVT, infections, loosening of implants, fractures, lateral compartment arthritis, and dislocations of the polyethylene 
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
- Pranungkraw General Hospital 🇹🇭- Bangkok, Thailand Pranungkraw General Hospital🇹🇭Bangkok, Thailand
