Operative treatment outcomes of anterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation using two experimental methods - an acromioclavicular joint hook plate versus a locking plate: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to compare the intraoperative and early postoperative clinical outcomes of using an acromioclavicular joint hook plate (AJHP) versus a locking plate (LP) in the treatment of anterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation.

Methods

Seventeen patients with anterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation were retrospectively analyzed from May 2014 to September 2019. Six patients were surgically treated with an AJHP, and 11 were surgically treated with an LP. Five male and one female patients composed the AJHP group, and nine male and two female patients composed the LP group. The mean age of all patients was 49.5 years.

Results

Reduction and fixation were performed with AJHP or LP in all 17 patients. The mean operative blood loss, operative time, and length o

SUBMITTER: Qu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996669 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature