Coraco-Clavicular Sling for Acromio-Clavicular Joint Disruption

Anatomic considerations in arthroscopic reconstruction of the coraco-clavicular ligament in patients with acromio-clavicular joint dislocation

Complete dislocation of the acromio-clavicular joint.

(‘omplete dislocation of the acromio-clavicular joint is not a common injury. A review of the literature fails to disclose a carefully followed series numbering more than twenty-five identically treated cases. Treatment is indeed varied, and end-results uncertain. In the past four years we have been fortunate in encountering twenty-seven cases of complete acromio-clavicular dislocation (Fig. 1)...

Modified Internal Fixation Technique for Acromio-Clavicular (AC) joint dislocation: The “Hidden Knot Technique”

Acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries are common and often seen in contact athletes, resulting from a fall on the shouldertip with adducted arm. This joint is stabilized by both static and dynamic structures including the coracoclavicular (CC)ligament. Most reconstruction techniques focus on CC ligament augmentation as the primary stabilizer of the AC joint.The best surgical technique for some ...

Modified Weaver-Dunn Technique in Management of Acromio-clavicular Joint Dislocation

Background: The treatment of AC dislocation is based upon the classification scheme, Type I and II injuries can be treated symptomatically, The treatment of type III injuries remains somewhat controversial, While operative intervention is often reserved for types IV, V and VI. Although there are more than 60 surgical techniques reported for repair and reconstruction of Acromio-clavicular and Co...

Osteo-arthritis of the sterno-clavicular joint.

According to Langen (1934), who made an extensive study of the pathology of degenerative processes in the sterno-clavicular joint in 200 necropsies, it may be involved from the age of 20 and constantly shows signs of osteo-arthritis after the age of 50. However, few authors seem to have made clinical observations of degenerative disease at this site (Bonola and Mastragostino, 1954; Westermann, ...