HTO or UKA? A Good question

Sometimes we don’t have to choose total knee replacement, maybe an HTO or a UKA can also solve the joint disease, here are a invaluable advice from PJPGEC.

1. The HTO and UKA are suitable for different cartilage situations

HTO: cartiliage thickness from full to 0

MB-UKA: bone on bone, including subchondral bone erosion

2.They have different requirements for degrees os tibia vara 

3. Age & Activity requirements

UKA: no upper age limit. However, the patients that age more than 60(male) and females age more than 55 are not recommended. The person who needs to do some high-impact sports or has psychological difficulty or has one more chance for cartilage repair is also not suitable for the UKA operative.

The most suitable situations for these two products are as below:

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