RT Journal A1 Stanish, William D. T1 UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. CAHIERS D'ENSEIGNEMENT DE LA SOFCOT. Edited by P. Cartier, J. A. Epinette, G. Deschamps, and P. Hernigou. Paris, Expansion Scientifique Française, 1997. $150.00, 305 pp. JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery YR 1998 FD February 1 VO 80 IS 2 SP 307 OP 307 DO UL http://dx.doi.org/ AB The authors do not attempt to coerce the reader or to promote the value of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty; rather, through thoughtful biomechanical and kinematic analyses, they attempt to answer the question of why this procedure has failed in the past. Sound biomechanical explanations are given as to why this procedure should have a place in the armamentarium of the orthopaedic surgeon who treats gonarthrosis.