title: Clinical review of patients subjected to mini-Mumford arthroscopy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  assessment of the clinical efficacy of isolated arthroscopic mini-Mumford surgery, associated with shoulder surgery in patients with degenerative disease of the acromioclavicular joint.
  
  
  METHODS
  52 patients (group A) underwent isolated arthroscopic mini-Mumford and 84 (group B) additional arthroscopic surgery of rotator cuff and/or long head of biceps. They were evaluated clinically using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Simple Shoulder Test (SST) and Modified UCLA shoulder rating, pre- and post-operatively after a mean period of 18.1 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the results obtained in groups A and B overlap.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  arthroscopic mini-Mumford is a simple, low-risk procedure, which has proved effective in treating degenerative disease of the acromioclavicular joint, both in isolation and in association with reconstruction of the rotator cuff and/or biceps long head tenotomy.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Clinic, Padua University, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biz
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Vinanti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zamperetti
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossato
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aldegheri
keywords: arthroscopic mini-Mumford; degenerative acromioclavicular joint pathology; long head biceps; rotator cuff