Journal article
Cost-effectiveness of total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, and high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis in young patients: a Canadian public payer perspective
Abstract
BackgroundIn medial compartment osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in young patients who fail conservative treatment, clinical equipoise exists between three surgical strategies: (1) total knee arthroplasty (TKA), (2) unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), and (3) medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO). This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of three surgical strategies, using a probabilistic Markov model from the Ontario public …
Authors
Ruangsomboon P; Ruangsomboon O; Tam D; Ravi B; Ekhtiari S; Pincus D; Tomescu S
Journal
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, Vol. 20, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
DOI
10.1186/s13018-025-05960-4
ISSN
1749-799X