@article{3102719,
    title = "Safety and outcome of simultaneous bilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A systematic review",
    author = "Malahias, M.-A. and Manolopoulos, P.P. and Mancino, F. and Jang, S.J. and Gu, A. and Giotis, D. and Denti, M. and Nikolaou, V.S. and Sculco, P.K.",
    journal = "Indian Journal of Orthopaedics",
    year = "2021",
    volume = "24",
    pages = "58-64",
    publisher = "Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd.",
    doi = "10.1016/j.jor.2021.02.019",
    keywords = "bilateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty;  blood transfusion;  deep vein thrombosis;  follow up;  human;  knee arthroplasty;  length of stay;  lung embolism;  meta analysis;  mortality rate;  operation duration;  postoperative complication;  Review;  revision arthroplasty;  safety;  surgical mortality;  survival;  survivorship;  systematic review;  total knee arthroplasty;  treatment outcome;  wound drainage",
    abstract = "Purpose: Simultaneous bilateral unicompartmentsl knee arthroplasty (BUKA) is considered safe and effective. We performed a systematic review to assess the postoperative outcomes. Methods: The US National Library of Medicine (PubMed/MEDLINE), Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were queried for publications. Results: Ten articles were included with 765 simultaneous BUKA. Overall complication rate was 7.0%, survivorship was 97.6% at mean 17 months follow-up. No differences were reported between simultaneous and staged BUKA. Conclusion: Simultaneous BUKA is as safe as staged BUKA, it is associated with decreased length of stay and operative time, although it has an increased rate of blood transfusion. © 2021 Professor P K Surendran Memorial Education Foundation"
}