Table 2 Outcomes in robotic-assisted UKA
From: Robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a review
Studies | System | Level of evidence | Main findings |
|---|---|---|---|
Kayani et al. [49] 2019 | Mako | III | rUKA was associated with reduced postoperative pain, decreased opiate analgesia requirements, improved early functional rehabilitation, and shorter time to hospital discharge compared with conventional UKA. |
Wong et al. [16] 2019 | Mako | III | rUKA was not superior to conventional UKA in terms of functional scores, while was associated with longer operative time and cost and lower survivorship at short-term follow-up of 2 years. |
Dretakis et al. [10] 2019 | Mako | III | rUKA significantly improved range of motion and coronal plane alignment. |
Gilmour et al. [13] 2018 | Mako | II | More active patients may benefit from rUKA. |
Canetti et al. [51] 2018 | Navio | III | Robotic-assisted lateral UKA reduced the time to return to sports at pre-symptomatic levels when compared with conventional surgical technique (4.2 ± 1.8 months vs. 10.5 ± 6.7 months), with a comparable rate of return to sports (100% vs. 94%). |
Blyth et al. [36] 2017 | Mako | II | Robotic arm-assisted surgery resulted in lower median pain scores than those observed in the manual UKA group from the first postoperative day to week 8 postoperatively. |
Marcovigi et al. [71] 2017 | Mako | III | rUKA provided an improvement in terms of both clinical and technical results, and a low risk of postoperative complications. |
Plate et al. [49] 2017 | Mako | IV | Obesity had no effect on rUKA at a minimum follow-up of 24 months. |
Hansen et al. [45] 2014 | Mako | III | Robotic guidance did little to change clinical or radiographic outcomes, and average operative time was longer with an average of 20 min (p = 0.010). |