Author

Year

Country

Average follow-up

Type of injury (n)

Case procedure (n)

Postoperative outcomes

Complications (n)

Turgut et al. [13]

2022

Turkey

6 months and 2 days

Types III, IV and V (30)

Fixation of titanium plates

Visual Analog Scale: −5.6

Constant-Murley: +53.6

Deployment errors (0)

Plate break (0)

Movement limitations (0)

Infection (2)

Steinbacher et al. [3]

2014

Spain

4 years, 2 months and 3 days

Type III

Fixation of clavicular titanium plates (19)

Visual Analog Scale: 1.8

Constant-Murley: minimum of 83

Movements equal to the contralateral joint: after 5 weeks

Back to sports: 6 months

Titanium plate removal: 16 weeks

No complications were reported.

Barth et al. [12]

2015

France

From 3 months to 1 year

Types III, IV and V

Arthroscopically- assisted techniques (24), 92% in double button and 88% reinforced by biological graft

Anterior passive elevation of 111˚: 6 weeks

Lateral rotation: average of 50˚

Back to work: 52%

Back to sports: 8%

Constant-Murley: +26

QuickDASH subjective incapacity: −32

Algodystrophy (2)

Osteolysis (2)

Device failure (3)

Fracture of the coracoid process (1)

Deficit in lateral rotation (3)

Peng et al. [14]

2022

China

2 years

Types IV and V

Single tunnel technique (30)

Coracoid sling technique (30)

Single tunnel:

Return to activities in 4.2 months

Coracoid sling: Return to activities in 5.1 months

Visual Analog Scale: similar results

Constant-Murley: Single tunnel showed superior results

Coracoid sling technique: Loss of reduction (2), type II dislocation (3) and infection (2)

Single tunnel technique: infection (2)