Publications by authors named "De-Xiang Tian"
Objective: To evaluate retrospectively the results of arthroscopic Bankart repair using suture anchors for recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation with a minimum 1-year follow-up and to assess risk factors for recurrence.
Methods: From March 2002 to March 2010, 259 patients with recurrent anterior shoulder dislocation underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair with suture anchors. And 188 patients (50 athletes, 138 nonathletes) were available for follow-up.
Purpose: To compare the clinical results of a consecutive series of 43 cases of excision of a symptomatic os trigonum performed with an open versus hindfoot endoscopic technique.
Methods: From 1994 to 2007, 43 patients underwent a symptomatic os trigonum excision. A subjective satisfaction questionnaire and a visual analog scale score for pain were obtained, and the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society ankle and hindfoot score and the time to return to previous sports level were determined in 41 of 43 patients at follow up.
Objective: To summary the experience in the diagnosis and management of septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
Methods: The knee joint infections after arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were retrospectively studied. From January 1997 to July 2007, 16 of 3638 patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions experienced postoperative septic arthritis.