Oxford phase 3 unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in Japan--clinical results in greater than one thousand cases over ten years.

There are few reports of the Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) survival rate in Asia. This study describes outcomes of 1279 Oxford UKAs for Japanese patients. The mean follow-up was 5.2 years. We divided patients into two groups based on preoperative indications (extended indications group and strict indications group). The Oxford knee score improved from 22.3 to 40.8 (P=0.041). The 10-year survival rate using revision was 95%. A total of 25 UKAs (2.0%) required revision. The most common reason was subsidence of tibial component. The 5-year cumulative survival rate of the strict indications group was significantly higher than that of the extended indications group (99.1% vs. 93.8%, P<0.001). When we followed inclusion criteria strictly, good clinical results were achieved in Asia.