Shujaat Hussain, Adnan Nazir, Shahid Mahmood, Muhammad Iqbal, Hafiz Muhammad Akram.
To Compare Functional Shoulder Recovery in patients of Grade III Acromio-Clavicular Dislocation: Conservative Vs Surgical Treatment.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):119-20.

Aim: To compare the mean of constant score in conservative versus surgical remedy in grade III AC dislocation patients . Study design : Randomized Trial . Setting and duration: Orthopedic Department , BVH, Bahawalpur from 19/07/2014 to 1 8/07 /2017 Methodology: 80 patients were selected and divided into two remedy groups; Group-A (40 cases) conservative group and Group-B (40 cases) with surgical remedy . Results : In Group A, 50% were male and 50% were female while in Group B 42.5% were male and 57.5% were females. In Group A, right side was affected in 60% subjects and left side was affected i n 40 cases. In Group B, right side was affected in 52.5% and left side was affected in 47.5% subjects . The mean constant score was significant statistically in Group B vs A. There was no statistically significant difference when compared the mean constant score among age groups , gender and side involved . Conclusion : Surgical remedy is better than conservative in terms of constant score in patients with Rockwood Type-III AC dislocation .

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