Comparison of Effectiveness and Safety in Treating Acute Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocation with Five Different Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

This network meta-analysis aims to evaluate the comparative effectiveness and safety of suture anchors (SA), tendon grafts (TG), hook plates (HP), Tight-Rope (TR), and EndoButton (EB) in the treatment of acute acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) dislocation. The Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were searched from their inception date to June 3, 2022. Studies included all eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies with the comparison of five different fixation systems among SA, TG, HP, TR, and EB were identified. All studies were reviewed, performed data extraction, and assessed the risk of bias independently by two reviewers. The primary outcomes are Constant–Murley score (CMS) improvement for assessing clinical efficacy, and complications. The second outcomes are visual analog scale (VAS) for assessing pain relief and the coracoclavicular distance (CCD) for assessing postoperative joint reduction. Version 2 of the revised Cochrane risk of bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2) and the risk of bias in nonrandomized studies of interventions (ROBINS-I) were used to assess the RCTs and non-randomized trials, respectively. The continuous outcomes were presented as mean differences (MD), and risk ratios (OR) were used for dichotomous outcomes, both with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Surface under the cumulative ranking curves (SUCRA) results were calculated to offer a ranking of each intervention. We identified 31 eligible trials, including 1687 patients in total. HP showed less CMS improvement than TR and EB in both the Network Meta-analysis (NMA) and pairwise meta-analysis. HP also showed less CMS improvement than SA in NMA. For pain relief, HP performed worse than TR both in pairwise meta-analysis and NMA. No significant differences were found for the measured value of CCD. Both TR and EB showed a lower incidence of complications than HP in pairwise meta-analysis. The rank of SUCRA for CMS improvement was as follows: SA, TR, EB, TG, and HP; for pain relief: TR, EB, TG, SA, and HP; for CCD: HP, TR, SA, EB, and TG. For complications, HP showed the highest rank, followed by TG, EB, TR, and SA. SA shows better clinical effectiveness and reliable safety in the treatment of acute ACJ dislocation. Although HP is the most widely used surgical option currently, it should be carefully taken into consideration for its high incidence of complications.     

ETButton-AC系统与锁骨钩钢板在治疗Tossy Ⅲ型肩锁关节脱位中应用效果比较

目的 探讨ETButton-AC系统与锁骨钩钢板在治疗Tossy Ⅲ型肩锁关节脱位的应用效果。方法 对2022年1月至2022年6月在南京医科大学第二附属医院骨科需要行手术治疗的49例Tossy Ⅲ型肩锁关节脱位患者的临床疗效进行对比分析，其中26例使用ETButton-AC系统治疗，23例使用AO锁骨钩钢板治疗。观察两组患者的术中出血量、手术时间、住院天数、恢复日常活动所需时间、肩关节ASES评分及术后并发症发生率。结果 ETButton-AC组的手术时间略大于锁骨钩钢板组，住院时长少于锁骨钩钢板组，但差异均无统计学意义（P＞0.05）；ETButton-AC组的术中出血量、恢复日常活动所需时间明显少于锁骨钩钢板组，差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）；ETButton-AC组术后1、3个月的ASES评分（包括VAS疼痛评分与平均累计日常活动评分）均明显优于锁骨钩钢板组，差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）；ETButton-AC组术后总的并发症发生率相对较低，但差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。结论 相比于传统意义的锁骨钩钢板治疗Tossy Ⅲ型肩锁关节脱位，ETButton-AC系统可进一步减少术中出血量，改善术后患者肩关节疼痛情况和日常活动情况，且术后活动受限等并发症发生率相对较低。