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Treating Early Knee Osteoarthritis with the Atlas® Unicompartmental Knee System in a 26-Year-Old Ex-Professional Basketball Player: A Case Study
Joint Authors
Slynarski, Konrad
Lipinski, Lukasz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-01-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability among adults.
Within the affected population, there exists a group of patients who have exhausted conservative treatment options and yet are not ideal candidates for current surgical treatments due to young age, early disease severity, or neutral mechanical knee alignment.
For these patients, a new potential treatment option may be considered.
We present an interesting case report of a young, ex-professional athlete treated with a minimally invasive load-altering implant (Atlas System) whose young age (26 years), disease status (tibiofemoral kissing lesions), and neutral mechanical limb alignment eliminated all traditional surgical treatment options such as high tibial osteotomy or arthroplasty.
At 6 months after surgery, our patient demonstrated positive outcomes improvement in pain, function, and quality of life and had returned to high-impact athletic activity without symptoms.
These initial results are promising, and longer follow-up data on the treatment will be necessary.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Slynarski, Konrad& Lipinski, Lukasz. 2017. Treating Early Knee Osteoarthritis with the Atlas® Unicompartmental Knee System in a 26-Year-Old Ex-Professional Basketball Player: A Case Study. Case Reports in Orthopedics،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148320
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Slynarski, Konrad& Lipinski, Lukasz. Treating Early Knee Osteoarthritis with the Atlas® Unicompartmental Knee System in a 26-Year-Old Ex-Professional Basketball Player: A Case Study. Case Reports in Orthopedics No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148320
American Medical Association (AMA)
Slynarski, Konrad& Lipinski, Lukasz. Treating Early Knee Osteoarthritis with the Atlas® Unicompartmental Knee System in a 26-Year-Old Ex-Professional Basketball Player: A Case Study. Case Reports in Orthopedics. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148320
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1148320