Arthroscopically assisted double Endobutton fixaton technique for the treatment of acute acromioclavicular joint dislocation / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Objective With the development of minimally invasion and the popularization of arthroscopy the technology of ar-throscopy has been widely applied for the treatment of acute and the safety of this has been validated.To analyze the clinical effect of ar-throscopically assisted double Endobutton plate reconstruction of coracoclavicular ligament in the treatment of acute acromioclavicular joint dislocation. Methods From November 2013 to December 2014, a total of 23 patients with Rockwood type III,Ⅳ,Ⅴshoulder joint dis-location were included, all cases was treated by arthroscopic double Endobutton fixaton technique.Patients were followed up for 6 to 18 months.The changes of shoulder joint forward elevation and external rotation, Japanese Orthopaedic Association score(JOA), and Visual Analogue score( VAS) of acromioclavicular joint in both perioperative and postoperative were recorded. Results The mean follow-up time was (9.3 ±2.4) months ( range from 6 to 18 months),and mean time from injury to surgery was(10.1 ±3.2)days.The therapeutic effects were achieved in all patients after the arthroscopically assisted double Endobutton plate reconstruction.All the measurements, in-cluding the mean forward elevation JOA scores before and after fixation (71.0 ±5.4 vs 93.5 ±3.6), and mean VAS scores (4.6 ±1.0 vs 1.9 ±0.9), mean forward elevation [(102.5 ±8.6) degrees vs (144.3 ±6.3) degrees], and mean external rotation[(107.1 ±6.2) de-grees vs (149.6 ±7.5) degrees] improved significantly (P<0.05) after the treatment. Conclusion Arthroscopic double Endobutton fixaton technique could provide an effective immobilization of shoulder and acromioclavicular joint, thus improving the function of the joint and achieving an excellent effect in the treatment of acute acromiocla-vicular joint dislocation.