The Comparison of Anterior Knee Pain in Patella With or Without Denervation in Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03676179

Enrollment

Registered

2018-09-18

Start date

2018-03-01

Completion date

2019-04-01

Last updated

2019-04-02

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Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Brief summary

the present study will conduct to assess anterior knee pain and complications after medial UKA with or without patella denervation in medial compartment arthritis and severe lateral facet patellofemoral arthritis patients.

Detailed description

In this prospective cohort study, the investigators will conduct to compare the clinical result of 70 patients of unicompartment knee arthroplasty with and without patella denervation between April, 2018 and April, 2019 for the patients with osteoarthritis.

Interventions

PROCEDUREpatella denervation

patella denervation

PROCEDUREpatella non-denervation

patella non-denervation

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

unicompartment knee arthroplasty without patella denervation

Intervention model description

unicompartment knee arthroplasty with patella denervation

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who diagnose with medial osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee with an Alhback score of 2, 3 and 4 (Ahlback 1968) and with any Kujala score for pre-operative anterior knee pain. * Older than 40 years of age. * pain on the medial joint line. * primary medial compartment osteoarthritis with a well preserved lateral compartment with competent cruciate ligaments with correctable intraarticular varus deformity. * ROM flexion up to 110° under anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with fixed varus deformity \> 15° * Inflammatory arthritis * Previous high tibial osteotomy or ACL reconstruction

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Kujala score	6 months	Kujala score including 13 parameters with the score of 0-100, the higher the score the better the function.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
complication	6 months	number of participant with DVT, infections, loosening of implants, fractures, lateral compartment arthritis, and dislocations of the polyethylene

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 26, 2026