[Surgical treatment of acromioclavicular joint injury].

The acromioclavicular joint plate according to Rahmanzadeh allows the safe retention of the reset acromioclavicular joint in stage Tossy III and in exceptional cases also in stage Tossy II traumata when simultaneous early functional post-treatment is done from the first postoperative day on. The clinical results obtained after follow-up examinations of 53 of the 83 patients treated in this way were mostly good or very good. Perfect radiological results were obtained in 50% of these patients; 40% showed a slight subluxation and 10% a marked but pain-free subluxation.