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A prospective remote-monitoring study in The Journal of Arthroplasty compared early recovery after robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty in patients with isolated medial compartment osteoarthritis.

The study found a clear early recovery advantage for robotic UKA — specifically lower early pain trajectories, less opioids use through postoperative day 21, more ambulation in the first 90 days, better 30-day outcome scores, and faster return to un-aided walking.


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