title: [Revision and salvage procedures for injuries to the acromioclavicular joint].
abstract: Failed conservative treatment or surgical procedures for acute AC joint seperations create the demand for revision or salvage procedures to successfully treat persistent AC joint instability. Besides the classic Weaver-Dunn procedure and its modifications lately new procedures combining a more or less rigid implant for primary stability with a biologic augmentation using an autologous tendon graft have been developed. These procedures are performed arthroscopically or arthroscopically assisted.
authors.affiliation: Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie, ATOS-Klinik Heidelberg, Bismarckstraße 9-15, 69115, Heidelberg. lichtenberg@atos.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lichtenberg
mesh_terms: D000173:Acromioclavicular Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017211:Treatment Failure