AC Joint Stabilization With InternalBrace™ Ligament Augmentation Repair

Gordon Mackay, MD (Glasgow, Scotland), demonstrates his technique for augmenting an acromioclavicular repair with the InternalBrace™ system, which consists of a 3.5 mm BioComposite SwiveLock® anchor, a 4.75 mm BioComposite SwiveLock anchor, and FiberTape® suture suspended anteriorly over the acromion and distal clavicle. AC InternalBrace™ ligament augmentation repair is used in conjunction with coracoclavicular ligament fixation and provides posterior and rotational stabilization of the AC joint.

^{The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and is not intended as a replacement for the native ligament. The InternalBrace technique is for use during soft tissue-to-bone fixation procedures and is not cleared for bone-to-bone fixation.}