Long-term study of functional outcomes of robotic assisted medial UKA using mid-vastus approach in a high-volume centre

Robotic UKA is one of the recent advancement in surgical management for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Over the years, there have been many studies which have showed results of various conventional UKA, high tibial osteotomy and even robotic uka for medial OA of knee all over the world. But still there is very less work on long-term outcome-based analysis of functional outcomes of robotic assisted medial UKA using mid-vastus approach, which was the aim of the study. A total of 680 patients with medial OA knee that were undergone robotic assisted UKA. The study was done at tertiary teaching institute and hospital from November 2016 to October 2022. The assessment of pain, clinical-functional assessment, walking ability, range of motion were assessed by KSS, SF-12 at pre-operatively, mid-term follow-ups and at final follow-up -5.03(+/- 0.52) years after surgery. 680 patients suited for medial UKA in our study with mean age of 65 +/- 10.6 years. Average operating time was 42 +/- 4.7 min. The mean postoperative KSS was 93 +/- 4.3, the mean SF-12 was 49 +/- 9.1, 55 +/- 8.7 for PS and MS, respectively. The patient had better KSS and SF-12 when compared pre-operatively and final follow-up (p -0.012 and -9.320, p -0.017 and -7.475, p -0.014 and -5.196, p -0.021 and -7.418, respectively). Complications were also very less. Robotic UKA using mid-vastus approach is effective treatment for medial compartmental OA knee. On short/long-term follow-up of patients, functional and radiological outcomes were good with few complications rates.