Addressing Arthroscopic-Assisted Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction in the Beach Chair Position With Concomitant Labral Pathology in the Lateral Decubitus Position.

ABSTRACT: High-grade Acromioclavicular (AC) injuries are complete dislocations, involving ruptures of the AC and coracoclavicular ligaments. They occur following trauma after a fall, direct-blow to an adducted arm, or indirectly by falling onto an abducted, outstretched extremity. Given this traumatic etiology, additional intra-articular pathologies can arise and may go unnoticed because of the painful and prominent AC joint (ACJ). Previous studies have evaluated patients with high-grade ACJ injuries with diagnostic arthroscopy at the time of an ACJ reconstruction. They found associated injuries to the labrum/biceps, rotator cuff, and articular cartilage. The arthroscopic-assisted ACJ reconstruction (AA-ACJR) technique has made it possible to identify the associated injuries and treat them concurren

SUBMITTER: Chaudry Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134486 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature