Urist, M. R. Complete dislocations of acromioclavicular joint: nature of traumatic lesion and effective methods of treatment with analysis of forty-one cases. J. Bone & Joint Surg. 28:813–837, 1946.

The management of acromioclavicular joint dislocations has evolved considerably, with treatment strategies principally guided by the severity of injury as determined by the Rockwood Classification ...

The researchers performed the flipptack fixation button technique on 50 patients with acromioclavicular joint separations. Twenty-nine patients had type IV dislocations and 21 had type V dislocations.

This week we are going to discuss acromioclavicular joint injuries of the shoulder and the specifics of each individual type in order that the reader understand first and foremost that an AC joint ...

A 23-year-old Junior-A hockey player presents with a grade III acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. His question is: "Doc, can I play the season?" (Figure 1). A radiograph demonstrates that ...

The shoulder joint gets dislocated more often than any other joint in the body. ... It’s called the acromioclavicular (AC) joint. A fall or hard blow tears the ligaments holding it together.

An AC joint is the acromioclavicular […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Wednesday, July 9th 2025 ... AC joint separations sound like a dislocation of the shoulder.

Dislocated shoulders need to be treated right away. Your doctor will need to move the arm bone back into the shoulder socket. Since the joint will get more swollen and more painful by the minute ...

There is no clear evidence that operative treatment improves short-term outcome for complete acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation. Skip to navigation Skip to main content. Menu Close.

He was initially diagnosed with a sternoclavicular joint dislocation and treated non-weight-bearing in ... joint and no tenderness around the distal clavicle or acromioclavicular joint.

Complete dislocation at the acromioclavicular joint is not invariably associated with avulsion of the coronoid and trapezoid ligaments, or as Dr. Bosworth calls them, the "coracoclavicular ligament." ...