Zimmer Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System - Built on Success

In today’s health care environment, meeting patient demands means building on proven concepts while expanding surgical options and flexibility.  The Zimmer® Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System is based on the established implant design of the M/G® Unicompartmental Knee System, which has more than 10 years of clinical success.1,2,4  The system offers a choice of minimally invasive surgical approaches while providing conservative solutions for patients with isolated osteoarthritis.  This is the system that redefines UKA for the minimally invasive era.

Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System

Multi-Approach Instrumentation - Delivering True Surgeon Choice

The Zimmer Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System adapts to a range of surgical approaches to satisfy specific surgeon preferences.  This is accomplished with a single system of instruments that can be used with an Intramedullary, Extramedullary, or Spacer Block approach.  A common tibial assembly is used in all three approaches.  In addition, the instruments are designed to accommodate a smaller exposure and the procedure can be performed without everting the patella.  This is the system that redefines flexibility while minimizing complexity.

Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System
Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System

Comprehensive Sizing – Patient-Specific Results

The Zimmer Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System places a premium on surgeon choice and patient specificity by offering a comprehensive selection of femoral and tibial components.  The system includes seven femoral component sizes, six tibial component sizes in both modular and all-polyethylene options, and six net-shape molded polyethylene tibial articular surface thicknesses.  This is the system that offers comprehensive sizing and complete interchangeability for patient matching.

Unicompartmental High Flex Knee System

Footnotes:

1. Berger RA, Nedeff DD, Barden RM, et al. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: Clinical experience at 6- to 10-year follow-up. Clin Orthop. 1999;367:50-60.

2. Argenson JN, Chevrol-Benkeddache Y, Aubaniac JM. Modern cemented metal backed unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A 3- to 10-year follow-up study.  Presented at: 68th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; Feb. 28-March 4, 2001 – San Francisco, CA.

3. Kelly MA. Minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty and the unicompartmental knee.  14th Annual Vail Orthopaedics Symposium, 2000. 

4. Swienckowski J. Unicompartmental knee arthoplasty: Ten-year follow-up. 2001 Poster, Osteopathic Specialists Meeting.

5. Pennington DW, Swienckowski JJ, Lutes WB, Drake GN. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty in patients sixty years of age or younger. J Bone Joint Surg. 2003;84-A(10).