[Treatment of acromioclavicular dislocations with the Balser hook plate and ligament suture]

The method of operation is described, making the ligament suture safe with the hook-plate. A postoperative immobilisation is renounced by this supplying. The results of the follow-up examinations (n = 20) show no disadvantage to other operative methods. As the subjective complaints and the rate of arthrosis appear to be lower than with usual procedures of stabilisation, the supplying with the hook-plate according to Balser (additional to the ligament suture) seems to guarantee a particularly safe retention under biomechanical favourable conditions.