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Obesity increases the risk of conversion to total knee arthroplasty after unicompartimental knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this meta-analysis was to to determine the influence of obesity on patient outcome and implant survivorship after primary unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA).

Methods

A PRISMA systematic review was conducted by searching the Medline (PubMed), EMBASE, and Cochrane electronic databases to identify clinical studies investigating the effect of obesity on outcomes after UKA. Data were collected on aspecifically designed extraction form. Methodological quality was assessed using the Methodological Index for Nonrandomized Studies score. Quantitative meta-analysis was carried out using RevMan 5.4 software.

Results

A total of 17 studies were included; 43,845 primary UKA patients were classified by their BMI: on-obese (BMI 25 to < 30 kg/m2); obese (BMI 30 to < 35 kg/m2); severely obese (BMI > 35 kg/m2). Pooled analysis showed no statistically significant difference in Knee Society Score (KSS) pain in the obese (n.s.) and the severely obese (n.s.) group compared to the non-obese group, while the KSS function score was lower in the severely obese (P = 0.0002) compared to the obese (P = 0.06) and the non-obese group. Postoperative Oxford Knee Score (OKS) was lower in the obese group (P = 0.01) but not in the severely obese group (P = 0.16). Postoperative Range of Motion (ROM) was comparable in the obese and non-obese group (P = 0.16). Implant survival at 10 years follow-up was significantly lower in the obese (82.5–95.3%; P < 0.0001) and the severely obese group (87.5–93.8%; P < 0.0001) thanthe non-obese group (83.6–98.6%).

Conclusion

Obesity and severe obesity were associated with significantly higher revision and lower implant survival rates. Obesity did not influence clinical and most functional outcomes after UKA, whereas KSS function score was significantly lower only for the severely obese patient group.

Level of Evidence

III, meta-analysis.

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Abbreviations

BMI:

Body-mass index

OA:

Osteoarthritis

UKA:

Unicompartimental knee arthroplasty

TKA:

Total knee arthroplasty

RCT:

Randomized controlled trial

KSS:

Knee society score

OKS:

Oxford knee score

ROM:

Range of motion

RR:

Risk ratio

OR:

Odds ratio

MD:

Mean difference

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  1. Knee Surgery and Sport Traumatology Unit, Casa Di Cura Privata “Mater Dei”, Rome, Italy

    Michele Vasso

  2. Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Vincenzo Tiberio” - University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

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  3. Northern Light Mercy Orthopaedics, Portland, ME, USA

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  4. Department of Joint Replacement, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via R. Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milano, Italy

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Vasso, M., Corona, K., Gomberg, B. et al. Obesity increases the risk of conversion to total knee arthroplasty after unicompartimental knee arthroplasty: a meta-analysis. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 30, 3945–3957 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-021-06780-9

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