Editorial Commentary: Suture Button–Anchor Fixation Is Preferable to Hook Plate Fixation for Acute Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocations: Form and Function Need to Be United

Both hook plate fixation and suture button–anchor have been reported to yield good results in the treatment of acute acromioclavicular joint reconstruction. In addition a mandatory secondary procedure, clearly has an increased prevalence post-traumatic arthritis short term that is likely progress long term. Conversely, fixation—a minimally invasive technique creates less soft-tissue disruption, does not require hardware removal, violate joint—is more promote primary healing coracoclavicular ligaments, reduce risk late displacement, minimize development arthritis. As stated by noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it only about form (i.e., alignment), function as well.