• Medicine · Dec 2014

    Review Meta Analysis

    Coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and a biomechanical study of a triple endobutton technique.

    • Qi Li, Pei-Ling Hsueh, and Yun-Feng Chen.
    • From the Department of Orthopaedics Trauma (QL, PL-H, YF-C), Shanghai Medical Trauma Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2014 Dec 1; 93 (28): e193e193.

    AbstractOperative intervention is recommended for complete acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation to restore AC stability, but the best operative technique is still controversial. Twelve fresh-frozen male cadaveric shoulders (average age, 62.8±7.8 years) were equally divided into endobutton versus the modified Weaver-Dunn groups. Each potted scapula and clavicle was fixed in a custom made jig to allow translation and load to failure testing using a Zwick BZ2.5/TS1S material testing machine (Zwick/Roell Co, Germany). A systematic review of 21 studies evaluating reconstructive methods for coracoclavicular or AC joints using a cadaveric model was also performed. From our biomechanical study, after ligament reconstruction, the triple endobutton technique demonstrated superior, anterior, and posterior displacements similar to that of the intact state (P>0.05). In the modified Weaver-Dunn reconstruction group, however, there was significantly greater anterior (P<0.001) and posterior (P=0.003) translation after ligament reconstruction. In addition, there was no significant difference after reconstruction between failure load of the triple endobutton group and that of the intact state (686.88 vs 684.9 N, P>0.05), whereas the failure load after the modified Weaver-Dunn reconstruction was decreased compared with the intact state (171.64 vs 640.86 N, P<0.001). From our systematic review of 21 studies, which involved comparison of the modified Weaver-Dunn technique with other methods, the majority showed that the modified Weaver-Dunn procedure had significantly (P<.05) greater laxity than other methods including the endobutton technique. The triple endobutton reconstruction proved superior to the modified Weaver-Dunn technique in restoration of AC joint stability and strength. Triple endobutton reconstruction of the coracoclavicular ligament is superior to the modified Weaver-Dunn reconstruction in controlling both superior and anteroposterior displacements with a failure load that approximates the intact ligament.

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