A rare case of floating clavicle and a novel technique for stabilizing the sternoclavicular joint. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thyagarajan, David; Webb, Mark; Wallace, Angus
• Is Part Of: Shoulder & elbow. Volume 7:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 48
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Bipolar clavicle dislocation -- floating clavicle -- sternoclavicluar joint stabilization; Elbow -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Elbow -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Shoulder -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Shoulder -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Shoulder -- Periodicals; Elbow -- Periodicals; Shoulder Joint -- Periodicals; Elbow Joint -- Periodicals; 617.572005
• DOI: 10.1177/1758573214536534
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1758-5732

Abstract

We present the first ever case report of a floating clavicle with a unique combination of a posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation and an associated grade III acromioclavicular joint dislocation. We treated this injury surgically by stabilizing both ends of clavicle using a polyester surgical mesh device (LockDown™; Mandaco 569 Limited, Redditch, UK; previously called the Nottingham Surgilig).