Suture repair using loop technique in cases of acute complete acromioclavicular joint dislocation

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Patient demography

Case .no	Age (years)	Sex	Dominant side	Sport	Duration between injury and surgery (days)	Mechanism of injury	Duration of follow-up (years)
1	37.2	♂	Dominant	Basketball	2	Hitting the ball-post^a	9.5
2	23.4	♂	Dominant	No	2	Fall on shoulder tip	9.2
3	28.3	♂	Nondominant	Professional hurdles	3	Fall on shoulder tip^a	9.0
6	36.2	♀	Dominant	No	1	Car accident	8.9
5	23.6	♂	Dominant	No	5	Fall on shoulder tip	8.8
6	38.4	♀	Nondominant	No	2	Fall down the stairs	8.5
7	29.8	♂	Dominant	Professional volleyball	1	Fall on shoulder tip^a	8.3
8	35.7	♀	Dominant	No	2	Car accident	8.2
9	39.5	♂	Dominant	Squash	1	Hitting wall with shoulder tip^a	8.0
10	26.5	♂	Dominant	Handball	2	Hitting goal-post^a	7.8
11	36.2	♂	Dominant	Soccer	1	Fall on shoulder tip^a	7.6
12	27.8	♂	Nondominant	No	2	Fall on shoulder tip	7.5
13	22.3	♀	Dominant	Volleyball	2	Fall on shoulder tip^a	7.3
14	33.5	♂	Nondominant	No	3	Car accident	7.2
15	29.8	♂	Dominant	No	1	Fall down the stairs	7.0
16	34.7	♂	Nondominant	Soccer	3	Fall on shoulder tip^a	6.9
17	37.5	♂	Dominant	No	2	Fall on shoulder tip	6.8
18	36.3	♂	Dominant	Professional handball	4	Fall on shoulder tip^a	6.6
19	36.2	♂	Dominant	Basketball	1	Fall on shoulder tip^a	6.4
20	29.4	♂	Nondominant	No	3	Fall on shoulder tip	6.2
21	25.7	♀	Dominant	No	2	Car accident	6.0