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Orthopaedic surgery
Unicompartmental knee replacement: Suitable candidate, benefits, risks and more
The medial unicompartmental knee replacement, or partial knee replacement, is a surgical solution for isolated medial unicompartmental osteoarthritis, and while it has various benefits there is specific criteria patients need to meet before the procedure goes ahead. Here to address this, and other frequently-asked questions about this procedure – particularly how it compares to total knee replacement - is leading consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon Mr Ben Spiegelberg.