Acromio Cavicular Dislocation, imaging and functional results, using a bidimensional stability technique with supersutures.

Abstract

Acromioclavicular dislocations are frequent in orthopedic emergency services, the vast majority receive conservative treatment, however, in those that require surgical management there is no standard technique with adequate long-term results. The objective was to describe the surgical approach with the two-dimensional stability technique with supersutures in acute acromioclavicular dislocations and to report the functional and radiological outcomes and complications in the postoperative period using this technique. This is a descriptive study of case series, carried out in eighteen patients with a diagnosis of acute acromioclavicular dislocation (less than two weeks) between January 2015 and November 2019 in two institutions in Bogotá, Colombia. Evaluating the functionality with the DASH questionnaire, a radiological evaluation was carried out taking comparative radiographs of the acromioclavicular joint, considering the acromioclavicular and coracoclavicular distance, in the immediate postoperative period, at one month and after six months postoperatively. As results after the surgical intervention, optimal scores were found with satisfactory results in the functional evaluation questionnaire (95% with scores below 15 points at six months of evaluation with a median of 3.7 on a scale of 0-100) and findings postoperative imaging with this surgical technique with a low incidence of complications (two patients with pain and one with hyperesthesia of the intervened area). In conclusion, the two-dimensional stability surgical technique with supersutures presents satisfactory results of functionality with a low frequency of complications, being of great value for the management of acute acromioclavicular injuries.