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The treatment of acromio-clavicular dislocation by transfer of the short head of biceps

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A follow-up of 78 patients with acromioclavicular dislocation who have been operated on since 1956 is reported. The tendon of the short head of the biceps is transferred to the clavicle to obtain, and maintain, reduction. The site of transfer in the last 51 cases has been to a point on the clavicle immediately above the coracoid process. The acromioclavicular joint is only opened when an obstruction to reduction is present. The functional results in this group of patients are very good.

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Révision de 78 cas de luxation acromioclaviculaire opérés depuis 1956 selon la technique de l'auteur le plus ancien. (Transplantation sur la clavicule du tendon du court biceps avec un fragment de coracoïde). Cette technique qui amène le tendon sur la clavicule à un point situé au dessus de la coracoïde (et qui associe l'ouverture de l'articulation dans le cas où la réduction n'est pas facile à cause des obstacles intraarticulaires) a toujours donné de bons et très bons résultats.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical School, Brescia, Italy

    G. Brunelli & F. Brunelli

  2. 2a Division of Orthopaedics, Spedali Civili Brescia, Italy

    F. Brunelli

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Brunelli, G., Brunelli, F. The treatment of acromio-clavicular dislocation by transfer of the short head of biceps. International Orthopaedics 12, 105–108 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266973

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