Weaver–Dunn procedure
Weaver–Dunn procedure - brief summary
This is a generally successful type of surgery involved in the treatment of severe separated shoulders developed by James K. Weaver, M.D., Albuquerque, NM, and Harold K. Dunn, M.D., Salt Lake City, UT in the early 1970s. The procedure is done to essentially replace the coracoclavicular ligaments with the coracoacromial ligament. There is currently no gold standard surgery to repair acromioclavicular separations, and many surgeries have been created. However, this is one of the more common fixes. The original surgery is described as follows.
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