LONG-TERM RESULTS OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT FOR ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION

We have reviewed 30 patients vt;ho had been treated conservatively for acromioclavicular dislocation between 1979 and 1982 at an average of 12.5 years after the injury. All except one had a good outcome as did five others contacted by telephone, In all patients reviewed the acrom ioclavicular joint remained subluxed or dislocated. With conservative treatment a good long-term outcome can be expected without restoration of the anatomical configuration of the joint.