Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction.
Our technique for acromioclavicular joint reconstruction provides a variation on coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction to also include acromioclavicular ligament reconstruction. An oblique acromial tunnel is drilled, and the medial limb of the gracilis graft, after being crossed and passed beneath the coracoid and through the clavicle, is passed through this acromial tunnel and sutured to the trapezoid graft limb after appropriate tensioning. Tenodesis screws are not placed in the bone tunnels to avoid graft fraying, and initial forces on the graft are offloaded with braided absorbable sutures passed around the clavicle.
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.; Department of Orthopaedics, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Anthony J
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Scillia
American Sports Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
E Lyle
EL
Cain