PREFERED SURGICAL TECHNIQUE USED BY ORTHOPEDISTS IN ACUTE ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION.
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether training on shoulder and elbow surgery influences the orthopedist surgeons' preferred technique to address acute acromioclavicular joint dislocation (ACD).


METHODS
A survey was conducted with shoulder and elbow specialists and general orthopedists on their preferred technique to address acute ACD.


RESULTS
Thirty specialists and forty-five general orthopedists joined the study. Most specialists preferred the endobutton technique, while most general orthopedists preferred the modified Phemister procedure for coracoclavicular ligament repair using anchors. We found no difference between specialists and general orthopedists in the number of tunnels used to repair the coracoclavicular ligament; preferred method for wire insertion through the clavicular tunnels; buried versus unburied Kirschner wire insertion for acromioclavicular temporary fixation; and time for its removal; and regarding the suture thread used for deltotrapezoidal fascia closure.


CONCLUSIONS
Training on shoulder and elbow surgery influences the surgeons' preferred technique to address acute ACD. Level of Evidence V, Expert Opinion.
. Hospital IFOR, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Group, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
Alexandre Yukio
AY
Nishimi
. Hospital IFOR, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Group, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
Demetrio Simão
DS
Arbex
. Hospital IFOR, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Group, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
Diogo Lucas Campos
DL
Martins
. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Carlos Vinicius Buarque DE
CV
Gusmão
. Hospital IFOR, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Group, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
Roberto Rangel
RR
Bongiovanni
. Hospital IFOR, Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Group, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.
Luciano
L
Pascarelli
Acromioclavicular joint/surgery. Surgical procedures; operative. Orthopedica. Surveys and questionnaires.