Operative or Conservative Treatment of Acute Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation

St Goran's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation

Treatments: Procedure: hook plate; Other: Physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01725997

AC-lux

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to answer if surgery with hook plate for acute dislocation of the acromioclavicular joint (AC joint) grade III and V according to Rockwood is superior to conservative treatment.

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• AC joint dislocation grade III according to Rockwood with at least half a clavicular bone width above the acromion or grade V according to Rockwood
• men and women 18-65 years and able to work
• understand spoken and/or written Swedish or English language
• be able to start treatment within 3 weeks from trauma
• consent form signed

Exclusion criteria

• earlier injury to, or surgery of either of the shoulders
• simultaneous fracture of the clavicle or acromion
• associates neurovascular injury
• severe osteoporosis
• open dislocation
• open growth plate of the acromion
• local skin damage

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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124 participants in 2 patient groups

Operative treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Operative treatment with hook plate.

Treatment:

Procedure: hook plate

Conservative treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Physiotherapy