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The conservative treatment of acromioclavicular dislocation. Review after five years

1987; British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery; Volume: 69-B; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1302/0301-620x.69b5.3680330

2044-5377

JJ Dias, Steingold Rf, RA Richardson, B Tesfayohannes, PJ Gregg,

Trauma Management and Diagnosis

The treatment of acromioclavicular injuries is controversial; few studies document the late results. We have reviewed 53 patients about five years after conservative management, in nine for subluxation and 44 for dislocation. Subjective and objective results were satisfactory in all cases except for one with painful subluxation, who was the only patient to change her occupation because of the injury. At review, joint stability was demonstrated by improvement in position and by the very small increase in the coracoclavicular gap on stress radiographs.