title: A preliminary report of acromioclavicular joint reconstruction with clavicular corticotomy.
abstract: A method of acromioclavicular joint repair after disclocation is described. This method entails extraarticular acromioclavicular fixation, coracoclavicular ligament repair, and a corticotomy of the clavicle. At a minimum 2-year follow-up period, in four patients the coracoclavicular interval was improved an average of 12.5 mm and was restored to within 2 mm of the normal side on stress radiographs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000173:Acromioclavicular Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002968:Clavicle / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods