High tibial osteotomy compared with unicompartmental arthroplasty for the treatment of medial compartment osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Background The objective of our meta-analysis was to compare the clinical outcomes of high tibial osteotomy (HTO) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) for the treatment of isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA). Methods We searched the major medical databases for randomized trials and observational studies comparing HTO and UKA. After testing for publication bias and heterogeneity, the data were aggregated by …