Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty as an Alternative to Total Knee Arthroplasty for Unicompartmental Osteoarthritis (The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery)

This study supports unicompartmental knee arthroplasty as a cost-effective alternative for the treatment of unicompartmental arthritis when the durability and function of a unicompartmental replacement are assumed to be similar to those of a primary total knee replacement. This suggests that, with appropriate patient selection, the currently available literature supports unicompartmental arthroplasty as a cost-effective alternative to total knee arthroplasty.

Publication Authors:

• Nelson Fong SooHoo
• Husham Sharifi
• Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.
• Jay R. Lieberman