Operative treatment of the painful sternoclavicular joint: A new technique using interpositional arthroplasty

Relationship of the Medial Clavicular Head to the Manubrium in Normal and Symptomatic Degenerated Sternoclavicular Joints

“…Medial clavicle resection has been proposed if conservative treatment fails, and several techniques have been described [18][19][20][21][22][23] . The results of these techniques have been reported to be good in a few case reports 24 .…”

Arthroscopic excision of sternoclavicular joint

“…In the study of Pingsmann et al [8] 7 out of 8 patients had good or excellent results. Resection and [7]. In a previously reported series by Acts et al [1] an average of 2.9 cm of the medial clavicle was excised (range 1-4 cm) and 9 out of 15 patients had an excellent or good outcome.…”

Meniscectomy of the sternoclavicular joint: A report of two cases

“…A number of procedures have been described, including open reductioneinternal fixation, resection of the medial end of the clavicle, 24,28 SCJ reconstruction, 2,8 and more recently, interpositional arthroplasty. 3,21 However, significant complications, including device migration, 12,18,28 recurrent instability, nonunion, and bony erosion, 7,23,28 have been reported with surgery, and a preferred method has yet to be determined. To complicate matters, most of these techniques have been prescribed for patients with chronic SCJ pain and disability who had prior SCJ dislocations or fractures about the joint.…”