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Preoperative frailty is independently associated with a significantly higher midterm risk of lateral compartment osteoarthritis progression and worse clinical outcomes after medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To determine whether preoperative physical frailty independently predicts lateral compartment osteoarthritis progression following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty over a mean 70-month follow-up.

September 12, 2026Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Preoperative Frailty Correlates With Progression of Lateral Compartment Osteoarthritis After Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Mean 70-month Follow-up Study

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ZWZheng Wang MDMincong Du ZLZheng Li

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Retrospective cohort study reveals increased lateral osteoarthritis progression after medial knee arthroplasty in frail patients, suggesting frailty assessment aids preoperative risk stratification.

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To determine whether preoperative physical frailty independently predicts lateral compartment osteoarthritis progression following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty over a mean 70-month follow-up.
Retrospective analysis of 203 consecutive knees (177 patients) undergoing Oxford Phase III mobile-bearing mUKA between March 2016 and December 2020 with a mean follow-up of 70.8 months.
Preoperative frailty was assessed using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) to categorize patients as robust (CFS ≤ 3) or frail (CFS > 3), excluding individuals with postoperative coronal overcorrection or lateral meniscal extrusion.
Outcomes evaluated included radiographic lateral compartment Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) progression, Oxford Knee Score, Forgotten Joint Score, Kujala score, and multivariable logistic regression for predictors of disease progression.
Patients classified as frail had significantly worse functional scores at final follow-up, including lower Oxford Knee Scores (39.39 vs 43.06; P < 0.001) and smaller functional gains (13.47 vs 18.72; P < 0.001).
Among 99 knees with available 5-year radiographs, lateral osteoarthritis progression occurred in 41.7% of frail knees compared to 11.8% of robust knees (P = 0.001).
Multivariable logistic regression demonstrated that preoperative frailty independently predicted lateral compartment progression (OR = 4.36; 95% CI, 1.37–13.90; P = 0.013), with risk increasing across higher frailty strata (P = 0.043).

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa51f49327956e4761f9803 https://doi.org/10.5435/jaaos-d-25-01604

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September 12, 2026Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Preoperative Frailty Correlates With Progression of Lateral Compartment Osteoarthritis After Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Mean 70-month Follow-up Study

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Authors

ZWZheng Wang MDMincong Du ZLZheng Li

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Retrospective cohort study reveals increased lateral osteoarthritis progression after medial knee arthroplasty in frail patients, suggesting frailty assessment aids preoperative risk stratification.

Key Points

To determine whether preoperative physical frailty independently predicts lateral compartment osteoarthritis progression following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty over a mean 70-month follow-up.
Retrospective analysis of 203 consecutive knees (177 patients) undergoing Oxford Phase III mobile-bearing mUKA between March 2016 and December 2020 with a mean follow-up of 70.8 months.
Preoperative frailty was assessed using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) to categorize patients as robust (CFS ≤ 3) or frail (CFS > 3), excluding individuals with postoperative coronal overcorrection or lateral meniscal extrusion.
Outcomes evaluated included radiographic lateral compartment Kellgren-Lawrence (K/L) progression, Oxford Knee Score, Forgotten Joint Score, Kujala score, and multivariable logistic regression for predictors of disease progression.
Patients classified as frail had significantly worse functional scores at final follow-up, including lower Oxford Knee Scores (39.39 vs 43.06; P < 0.001) and smaller functional gains (13.47 vs 18.72; P < 0.001).
Among 99 knees with available 5-year radiographs, lateral osteoarthritis progression occurred in 41.7% of frail knees compared to 11.8% of robust knees (P = 0.001).
Multivariable logistic regression demonstrated that preoperative frailty independently predicted lateral compartment progression (OR = 4.36; 95% CI, 1.37–13.90; P = 0.013), with risk increasing across higher frailty strata (P = 0.043).

Cite This Study

Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa51f49327956e4761f9803 https://doi.org/10.5435/jaaos-d-25-01604

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