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Treatment of Acromioclavicular Joint Separation

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Acromioclavicular joint injuries are common and are often seen in contact athletes. Good to excellent results have been reported using soft tissue grafts to reconstruct the coracoclavicular ligaments; however, complications arising from bone tunnels remain. This chapter describes an anatomic coracoclavicular reconstruction using a large soft tissue graft while minimizing the risk of clavicle fracture by avoiding large bone tunnels.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ascension Borgess Hospital, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

    Andrew G. Geeslin

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Erik M. Fritz

  3. Shoulder, Knee, Elbow and Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, CO, USA

    Peter J. Millett

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  1. Director of Shoulder Surgery, Shoulder, Knee, Elbow and Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, The Steadman Clinic, Vail, CO, USA

    Peter J. Millett

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

    Jonas Pogorzelski

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Geeslin, A.G., Fritz, E.M., Millett, P.J. (2019). Treatment of Acromioclavicular Joint Separation. In: Millett, P., Pogorzelski, J. (eds) Advanced Techniques in Shoulder Arthroscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13503-4_20

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