title: Safe surgical technique: reconstruction of the sternoclavicular joint for posttraumatic arthritis after posterior sternoclavicular dislocation.
abstract: Posttraumatic sternoclavicular arthritis related to chronic ligamentous instability after posterior sternoclavicular dislocation represents a rare but challenging problem. The current article in the Journal's "Safe Surgical Technique" series describes a successful salvage procedure by partial resection of the medial clavicle and ligamentous reconstruction of the sternoclavicular joint with a figure-of-eight semitendinosus allograft interposition arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80204, USA. philip.stahel@dhha.org.
authors.forename: Philip F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Stahel
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tepolt
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mangan
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mauffrey