Introduction
Total knee arthroplasty is considered the gold standard for tricompartmental knee arthritis. By contrast, unicompartmental knee arthritis has many treatment alternatives that have advantages and disadvantages. Drs. Backstein, Winemaker, Bohm, Turgeon and Gandhi will discuss patellofemoral arthroplasty, unicompartmental arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, high tibial osteotomy and knee bracing respectively.