Knee Reconstruction
A 68-year-old woman presents with 3 years of progressive right knee pain. She has medial joint line tenderness, a 10-degree varus deformity that is partially correctable, and crepitus with range of motion. She has tried physiotherapy, weight loss, NSAIDs, and a single corticosteroid injection with diminishing relief. Weight-bearing radiographs show Kellgren-Lawrence grade 4 changes in the medial compartment with preserved lateral compartment. Regarding knee osteoarthritis:
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Knee osteoarthritis is characterized by progressive loss of articular cartilage, subchondral scleros...
The Kellgren-Lawrence classification grades OA from 0-4 based on osteophyte formation, joint space n...
All patients with knee OA require total knee arthroplasty; conservative management is ineffective; M...
Conservative management is first-line and includes weight loss, physiotherapy focusing on quadriceps...
Surgical options include unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) for isolated medial/lateral diseas...
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