Safe surgical technique: Reconstruction of the sternoclavicular joint for posttraumatic arthritis after posterior sternoclavicular dislocation

Abstract

Posttraumatic sternoclavicular arthritis related to chronic ligamentous instability after posterior sternoclavicular dislocation represents a rare but challenging problem. The current article in the Journal's " Safe Surgical Technique" series describes a successful salvage procedure by partial resection of the medial clavicle and ligamentous reconstruction of the sternoclavicular joint with a figure-of-eight semitendinosus allograft interposition arthroplasty. © 2013 Stahel et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.