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_Similarly, a partial knee replacement called the unicondylar knee, aimed at more athletic patients, had a higher revision rate than regular knee replacement.

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

Surgeons have found that current hip resurfacing implants and unicondylar knee implants are poorly suited to the common Japanese conditions of hip dysplasia and bow-leggedness.

Business Wire Travel News 2010

Enduring preference for minimally invasive surgery among most Japanese surgeons will make the unicondylar knee implant market the fastest-growing segment of the Japanese reconstructive knee implant market.

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Nevertheless, unicondylar knee replacement is less invasive than total knee replacement.

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Despite a lack of devices suitable for Japanese bone structures, sales of unicondylar knee implants are growing rapidly, according to Millennium Research Group

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High tibial osteotomy, an alternative, less costly procedure, is often used in place of unicondylar implants, restricting market growth.

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ACL reconstruction with unicondylar replacement in knee with functional instability and osteoarthritis

BioMed Central - Latest articles Srikrishna Krishnan 2009

Japanese Markets for Large-Joint Reconstructive Implants 2010 report finds however, growth of hip and unicondylar knee resurfacing implant sales will be robust through 2014 despite a lack of products that can be used in all patients.

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"On the basis of our data, consideration should be given to using hip resurfacing only in male patients and unicondylar knee replacement in elderly patients," Jan van der Meulen of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and colleagues wrote.

NewsInferno 2008

The revision rates were even higher for patients who had new surgical techniques called hip resurfacing and unicondylar knee replacements.

NewsInferno 2008