Shoulder Separation Repair
Shoulder separation or acromioclavicular joint dislocation is a common injury in athletes who play contact sports such as ice-hockey, rugby, football, basketball, cycling, and motorcross. When the injury is only mild, usually treatment can be nonoperative.
This is not the case in severe injury. If injury is treated early (within 3 weeks), minimally invasive arthroscopic, or keyhole procedures can be completed. However if surgery is delayed for a long time, larger surgery is done.
 Images of severe shoulder separation. |  Xrays of severe shoulder separation. |
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 Arthoscopic repair |  Operating room set up for AC Joint Reconstruction |
 Results after surgery. |  Clinical results after chronic ac joint reconstruction with graft. |