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Managing and recognizing complications after treatment of acromioclavicular joint repair or reconstruction

  • Shoulder Surgery: Complications (X Li, Section Editor)
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Complications of the acromioclavicular joint injuries can occur as a result of the injury itself, conservative management, or surgical treatment. Fortunately, the majority of acromioclavicular surgeries utilizing modern techniques and instrumentation result in successful outcomes. However, clinical failures do occur with frequency. The ability to identify the causative factor of failures makes revision surgery more likely to be successful. The purposes of this review are to highlight common problems that can occur following acromioclavicular joint surgery and discuss techniques that can be utilized in revision surgery.

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Richard Ma declares that he has no conflict of interest.

Patrick A. Smith have no conflicts to disclose relevant to this manuscript.

Matthew J. Smith reports personal fees from Arthrex, Zimmer, and DePuy, outside the submitted work.

Seth L. Sherman has received consultant/research support from Arthrex and RTI.

David Flood have no conflicts to disclose relevant to this manuscript.

Xinning Li has received consultation fees from Tornier and Mitek Sports Medicine, outside the submitted work.

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Ma, R., Smith, P.A., Smith, M.J. et al. Managing and recognizing complications after treatment of acromioclavicular joint repair or reconstruction. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med 8, 75–82 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12178-014-9255-6

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