The Kneeboard
Community is here!		Create a profile:
tell your Knee Story!		Check out the new
Knee article library!
Bob's ACL WWWBoard (http://factotem.org) -- On-Line Knee Library

Bob's ACL WWWBoard

On-Line Knee Library

Compiled by Michael Frind. Site last updated Sunday, November 13, 2011.

Click here to return to the main page of the Knee Library's Research Section.




Bearing-Surface Replacement (including Unicompartmental Arthroplasty)


For articles dealing specifically with Total Knee Replacements (also known as Bicompartmental Arthroplasty), please click here.
See also The Degenerate Knee: Arthritis


For a brief overview of knee anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics, please click here.


UniSpacer Arthroplasty of the Knee, Domenick J. Sisto et al.; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American), August 2005, Volume 87, pages 1706-1711. Comments: This study shows that the Centerpulse UniSpacer (formerly the Sulzer UniSpacer), a metal dish-shaped object which is designed to be placed between the tibial plateau and the femoral condyle of a unicompartmentally-osteoarthritic knee, is a fundamentally flawed concept. None of the patients had excellent results at 26 months post-installation. A substantial number of the UniSpacers actually came out of place!


For an overview of the options available to people with unicompartmental and bicompartmental knee osteoarthritis, see the July 2005 article What's New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery, by Archibeck et al., in the Total Knee Replacement/Arthroplasty (TKR/TKA) Subsection.

Unicompartmental Arthritis of the Knee (Current Concepts Review), Richard Iorio et al.; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American), July 2003, Volume 85, pages 1351-1364. Comments: This comprehensive and superbly written overview of unicompartmental-osteoathritis treatments is full of wisdom and helpful nuggets of information. It provides interesting insight into non-surgical treatments such as weight loss, Synvisc/Neovisc (hyaluronic acid or hyaluronan) injections, cortisone injections, and osteoarthritis-type sideways-forcing braces.



Click here to return to the Main Entrance Page of the Knee Library.

Looking for the Main Index Page of Bob's ACL WWWBoard? Click here!

To find recent postings on Bob's ACL WWWBoard, use the Search Engine.

To find older postings on Bob's ACL WWWBoard, use the On-Line Archive.

Site Terms of Use and Aspects of Copyright

Printing Hints and Tips