BACKGROUND Traumatic posterior sternoclavicular joint injuries are rare, but complications are common and include brachial plexus and vascular injury, esophageal rupture, and death. MATERIALS AND METHODS The records of 21 patients treated at our institution for a posterior sternoclavicular injury were reviewed. All patients underwent a trial of closed reduction, which was effective in 8 patie...

Aim: to report our clinical experience and radiologic results of a surgical stabilization with posterior joint reinforcement. Methods: retrospective study of 6 consecutive patients, with a mean age of 18 years, with complete posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation operated on by the same operative technique. Surgical stabilization was obtained with sternoclavicular loops passed anteriorly ...

Bipolar dislocation of the clavicle is a rare injury that is defined as a concomitant dislocation of the ipsilateral acromioclavicular joint and sternoclavicular joint. This injury is also described as a floating clavicle. Although this injury has been known for nearly two centuries, knowledge about it is limited and the treatment strategy remains controversial. Bipolar dislocation includes sev...

The distribution of amyloid in various organs, including the hip and the sternoclavicular joints, was systemically investigated in a prospective necropsy study of 91 unselected individuals whose median age was 70 years. The overall incidence of amyloid microdeposits in both joints was 56%. Their presence correlated significantly with age only. The deposition began earlier in the sternoclavicula...

We report a unique case, never before published, of sternoclavicular joint fixation K-wire migration to the pelvic region, in a 56 year-old man. Two years previously, sternoclavicular dislocation had been fixed by three wires. A transitory episode of precordial thoracic pain followed by iterative abdominal pain accompanied the migration. Extraction was performed five years later. Scapular K-wir...