Publications by authors named "Takahiko Saji"
Background: The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate clinical outcomes of osteochondral autograft transplantation (OAT) for isolated patellofemoral (PF) osteoarthritis (OA).
Methods: OAT was performed in seven patients (six men, one woman; mean age, 61.1years) with isolated PF OA.
Purpose: To present the surgical technique, clinical outcomes, and poor prognostic factors of arthroscopic retrograde osteochondral autograft transfer of the tibial plateau.
Methods: Twelve patients (6 men, 6 women; mean age, 38.7 years) with tibial plateau osteochondral lesions underwent surgery.
Background: For shoulder arthroscopy, few anatomical landmarks are available and inexperienced surgeons tend to be adrift due to the limited visual field of the scope. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the useful landmarks around the glenoid for accurate orientation, and also the safe distance to avoid suprascapular nerve injury during surgical procedures around the glenoid.
Methods: In 15 human solution-fixed cadavers, a cross-section of the shoulder joint on the labrum surface was created.
Background: Only a few reports describe the extension of the coracohumeral ligament to the subscapularis muscle. The purposes of this study were to histo-anatomically examine the structure between the ligament and subscapularis and to discuss the function of the ligament.
Methods: Nineteen intact embalmed shoulders were used.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to meticulously observe the structures around the origin of the long head of the biceps tendon (LHB) in order to propose a method of anatomical superior labrum anterior and posterior repair.
Methods: Twenty-eight shoulders of 16 cadavers with intact LHB origin were macroscopically investigated. Among them, 20 shoulders with an intact superior labrum were additionally observed, to determine whether the anterior edge of LHB on the labrum (point 'A') was anterior to the supraglenoid tubercle.