There is no consensus regarding surgical treatment for Acrmioclavicular joint injury. The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical properties of the proposed technique using suture anchors and plate with those of the coracoclavicular ligament(CC) and other techniques. The peak load of the CC ligament was significantly higher than that for Weaver-Dunn, Fastak-fiberwireNo.(FW)2, Fastak-FW5, CorkscrewFT-FW2, and Unicortical Bosworth. There was no difference in failure loads of CC ligament, PDS, Mersilene and 3.5Corkscrew-FW5. Only the peak loads of Bicortical Bosworth(726N) and 5.0Corkscrew-FW5(767N) were significantly higher than CC ligament(578N). In term of stiffness, the unicortical Bosworth, all suture anchors and Mersilene had stiffness similar to that of CC ligament. Bicortical Bosworth was 2.5 times stiffer than CC ligament, whereas Weaver-Dunn and PDS were less than half as stiff as CC ligament. These results provide a useful baseline for comparison of reconstructive techniques with the C
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There is no consensus regarding surgical treatment for Acrmioclavicular joint injury. The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical properties of the proposed technique using suture anchors and plate with those of the coracoclavicular ligament(CC) and other techniques. The peak load of the CC ligament was significantly higher than that for Weaver-Dunn, Fastak-fiberwireNo.(FW)2, Fastak-FW5, CorkscrewFT-FW2, and Unicortical Bosworth. There was no difference in failure loads of CC liga...
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