Dealing with early complications in unicondylar knee arthroplasty-what works, what does not?

Abstract

Complications in the early postoperative period following the implantation of aunicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) are both rare and rarely described in the literature. Often, only small case series or individual case reports are available. In this article, the most common complications of periprosthetic infection, periprosthetic tibial fracture, inlay dislocation and intra-articular cement residue in (loose bone cement body) are described and recommendations for conservative and surgical treatment are presented, including case examples. Ideally, surgical errors or an infection should be recognized at an early stage and revised as soon as possible.