Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in a Patient with Nail-Patella Syndrome: A Case Report.

Abstract

CASE:

A 46-year-old woman with a medical history of nail-patella syndrome (NPS) presented with chronic right knee pain. Radiographic and physical examination revealed isolated medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis and a hypoplastic laterally subluxed patella. The patient was successfully treated with a medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA).

CONCLUSION:

In patients with NPS and osteoarthritis limited to one tibiofemoral compartment, a UKA may be successfully performed.

• Authors: JaeWon Yang, Nathanael D Heckmann, Craig J Della Valle
• Journal: JBJS case connector (JBJS Case Connect) 2020 Jul-Sep Vol. 10 Issue 3 Pg. e20.00216 ISSN: 2160-3251 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 32910587 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee (methods)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Nail-Patella Syndrome (complications, diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Osteoarthritis, Knee (diagnostic imaging, etiology, surgery)
• Radiography