The Knee Learning Resource
Abbreviation of 'unicompartmental knee replacement'.
Ultrasound is very high frequency sound waves. Ultrasound is used in physiotherapy to stimulate healing and break down adhesions.
The unhappy triad (of O'Donoghue) is combination of a meniscal tear, medial collateral tear and anterior cruciate ligament tear of the knee all resulting from the same injury.
Same as 'unicompartmental knee replacement'.
A unicompartmental knee replacement is a surgical procedure where the surgeon just replaces one part of an arthritic joint.
Unilateral means 'on one side only'.
A unispacer is a small metallic wedge which is sometimes used in knee surgery to correct the deformity of a meniscectomy (removal of the meniscus) and relieve the consequent imbalance of forces after meniscectomy.
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