Elsa B. Rodriguez-Baron, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Fidel Moreno-Diaz, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Daniel E. Pereira, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Kathy McGurk, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Langdon Hartsock, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Lucy Bowers, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Paul Matuszewski, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Kevin Murr, Prisma Health Orthopaedics, Columbia, SC
John Sharpe, Prisma Health Orthopaedics, Columbia, SC
Michael Tucker, Prisma Health Orthopaedics, Columbia, SC
Nathan Redlich, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Peter Krause, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Clay Spitler, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Bradley Foulke, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Grant Quilling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Abbey DeBruin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Richard Behlmer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Paul Whiting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Stephanie Tanner, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC
Kyle Jeray, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC
Joseph Brock Walker, Prisma Health, Greenville, SC
Sarah Obudzinski, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Julie Titter, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Andrew Chen, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Aseel Dib, Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, Charlotte, NC
Christine Churchill, Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, Charlotte, NC
Benjamin Averkamp, Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, Charlotte, NC
Joseph Hsu, Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, Charlotte, NC
Kimberly Tann, WakeMed Health, Raleigh, NC
et al

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2025

Publication Title

OTA international : The Open Access Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Identify treatment and describe outcomes and complications of acute anterior and posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation. DESIGN: Retrospective case series. SETTING: Twelve level-one trauma centers. PATIENT/PARTICIPANTS: One hundred twenty-five patients with acute sternoclavicular joint dislocation, most were male (67%), White (61%), 18-29 years old (57%), involved in a motorized collision (60%), with anterior (35%) or posterior (65%) sternoclavicular joint dislocation treated by operative or nonoperative technique. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Outcomes and complications of joint instability, post-traumatic arthritis, neurovascular injury, chronic pain, and cosmetic deformities after operative and nonoperative treatment of anterior and posterior acute sternoclavicular joint dislocation are reported. RESULTS: Thiry-nine (48%) posterior dislocations received surgery as initial management, whereas 5/44 (11%) of the anterior dislocations received acute surgery. The most common fixation techniques included suture fixation repair (39%), plate fixation (30%), percutaneous reduction (18%), and graft reconstruction (9%). Fifty-four (43%) patients from the entire cohort had complications after initial treatment. Eighteen complications occurred among the operative group (41%) and 36 in the nonoperative group (44%). The most common complications were pain (20%), decreased range of motion (14%), and joint instability (10%) requiring secondary fixation. CONCLUSION: Both operative and nonoperative management of sternoclavicular joint dislocations had a high rate of complications among anterior and posterior joint dislocations. However, a similar incidence of complications and outcomes occurred comparing anterior or posterior injuries with or without operative treatment. Therefore, clinicians need to evaluate each patient individually taking into account, patient factors, injuries, symptoms, and risks to determine if surgery is required. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic Level III.

First Page

e430

PubMed ID

41098174

Volume

8

Issue

4

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