PMID- 35094135 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221027 LR - 20221027 IS - 1434-3916 (Electronic) IS - 0936-8051 (Linking) VI - 142 IP - 12 DP - 2022 Dec TI - All-polyethylene unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is associated with increased risks of poorer knee society knee score and lower satisfaction in obese patients. PG - 3977-3985 LID - 10.1007/s00402-021-04325-w [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Although metal-backed tibial component (MB) is biomechanically superior to all-polyethylene (AP) implants in fixed-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), recent studies have shown comparable functional outcomes between the two. However, no study has examined this comparison in obese patients (BMI >/= 30 kg/m(2)). We investigated whether functional outcomes between the two implants differ among obese patients, and whether the extent of obesity influences these outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four hundred twenty-two UKA implants from 347 obese patients were reviewed retrospectively. Patients were assessed using the Knee Society Knee Score (KSKS) and Function Score (KSFS), the original Oxford Knee Score (OKS), and SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS). Minimal clinically important difference (MCID) attainment was recorded. Patients' fulfillment of expectations and satisfaction with the surgery outcome was also graded. Patients were further divided into lower obesity (BMI 30-34.9 kg/m(2)) and higher obesity (BMI >/= 35 kg/m(2)) to examine effect modification. RESULTS: There were no differences in functional outcomes and quality-of-life scores, MCID attainment of functional scores, as well as satisfaction and expectation fulfillment between AP and MB. Among higher obesity patients, AP was associated with a poorer KSKS (p = 0.031) and lower proportion of satisfaction fulfillment (p = 0.041) 2 years postoperatively compared to MB. CONCLUSION: We found no differences in functional and quality-of-life outcomes between fixed-bearing AP and MB tibial components among obese patients who underwent UKA. However, among higher obesity patients (BMI >/= 35 kg/m(2)), patients with AP tibial component were associated with lower KSKS score and a lower proportion of attaining satisfaction fulfillment 2 years postoperatively. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Foo, Wayne Yong Xiang AU - Foo WYX AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9373-9311 AD - Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. yxwayne@gmail.com. FAU - Liow, Ming Han Lincoln AU - Liow MHL AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Level 4, Singapore, 169865, Singapore. FAU - Chen, Jerry Yongqiang AU - Chen JY AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Level 4, Singapore, 169865, Singapore. FAU - Tay, Darren Keng Jin AU - Tay DKJ AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Level 4, Singapore, 169865, Singapore. FAU - Lo, Ngai Nung AU - Lo NN AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Level 4, Singapore, 169865, Singapore. FAU - Yeo, Seng Jin AU - Yeo SJ AD - Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore. AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, 20 College Road, Academia, Level 4, Singapore, 169865, Singapore. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220130 PL - Germany TA - Arch Orthop Trauma Surg JT - Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery JID - 9011043 RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee/adverse effects MH - Polyethylene MH - Personal Satisfaction MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Patient Satisfaction MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Knee Joint/surgery MH - Obesity/complications/surgery MH - *Osteoarthritis, Knee/complications MH - *Knee Prosthesis OTO - NOTNLM OT - All polyethylene OT - Functional outcomes OT - Metal backed OT - Obesity OT - Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty EDAT- 2022/01/31 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/28 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/30 20:37 PHST- 2021/02/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/30 20:37 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00402-021-04325-w [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00402-021-04325-w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2022 Dec;142(12):3977-3985. doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-04325-w. Epub 2022 Jan 30.