Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has been shown to improve pain and function in appropriately selected patients. Limited data exists regarding outcomes and complication rates following UKA among octogenarians.
The PearlDiver Mariner database was queried for patients undergoing primary UKA between 2010–2022. Patients < 80 years old were matched 4:1 to the octogenarian cohort (≥80 years old) by sex, year, Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI), tobacco use, obesity, and diabetes. A total of 1,334 octogenarians and 5,313 controls were included in our analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was utilized to compare medical complications at 90-days post-operatively and surgical complications at 1- and 2-years post-operatively. Our regression analysis controlled for sex, ECI, tobacco use, obesity, and diabetes.
Octogenarians had an increased risk of acute kidney injury (OR: 2.306, 95% CI: 1.393–3.749; p < 0.001), pneumonia (OR: 2.367, 95% CI: 1.301–4.189; p = 0.003), UTI (OR: 1.846, 95% CI: 1.304–2.583; p < 0.001), ED visits (OR: 2.229, 95% CI: 1.586–3.105; p < 0.001), and any complication (OR: 1.575, 95% CI: 1.304–1.895; p < 0.001) at 90-days post-operatively. Octogenarians had lower odds of all-cause revision at 2-years (OR: 0.607, 95% CI: 0.382–0.923; p = 0.026). No differences were demonstrated between cohorts in rates of PJI (OR: 0.832, 95% CI: 0.334–1.796; p = 0.664), periprosthetic fracture (OR: 0.516, 95% CI: 0.120–1.520; p = 0.289), or aseptic loosening (OR: 0.285, 95% CI: 0.045–1.203; p = 0.088) at 2-years.
These findings suggest that despite an increased risk of certain medical complications within the acute post-operative period, octogenarians undergoing UKA experienced similar rates of surgical complications to younger matched controls at 2-year follow-up.
This study aimed to clarify the characteristic features of the anteroinferior and posterosuperior popliteomeniscal fascicles (aiPMF and psPMF, respectively) and popliteal hiatus using three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions of 7 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) arthrography.
Six knees from human cadavers fixed using the Thiel embalming method were examined using 7 T MRI arthrography. 3D Images of the structures around the popliteal hiatus were reconstructed. Morphologies of the psPMF, aiPMF, and popliteal hiatus were investigated and their positional relationships analyzed.
The PMFs attached to the periphery of the lateral meniscus (LM) to form the popliteal hiatus. Each coursed in an oblique direction. The mean length of the psPMF and aiPMF attachments to the LM were 6.8 and 21.6 mm, respectively; mean popliteal hiatus length was 12.8 mm. These lengths corresponded to 7.5%, 24.3%, and 14.5% of the total length of the LM, respectively. The aiPMF was thick near the lateral aspect of the articular capsule and became thinner towards the posteromedial aspect of the LM. The psPMF was thick near the posterior aspect of the articular capsule and became thinner towards the posterolateral aspect of the LM.
Morphological properties of the aiPMF, psPMF, their attachments to the LM, and the popliteal hiatus were consistent across the cadaver specimens examined. Each PMF was thin near the popliteal hiatus and became thicker towards its attachment to the articular capsule. These findings may be useful for anatomical repair for the LM hypermobility.