Table 1.

Characteristics of eight patients with hook plate coracoclavicular fixation and nine subjects with continuous loop double endobutton coracoclavicular fixation

Variable	Hook plate (n=8)	Continuous loop double endobutton (n=9)	P-value (test)
Age (year)	39.6±16.2	37.3±12.02	0.6 (Man-Whitney U test)
Gender	7 males/1 female	8 males/1 female	0.2 (Fisher’s exact test)
Rockwood type of acromioclavicular joint dislocation	7 cases with type III/1 case with type IV	8 cases with type III/case with type IV	0.8 (Fisher’s exact test)
Side	6 right/2 left	4 right/5 left	0.2 (Fisher’s exact test)
Interval between injury and surgery (day)	8.2±3.9	9.05±3.6	0.6 (Man-Whitney U test)
Operation time (min)	51±13.2	105±9.7	0.008 (Man-Whitney U test)
Follow-up (month)	19.8±8.8	23.8±19.2	0.08 (Man-Whitney U test)