Conservative treatment and surgery are two completely different forms of treatment, and doctors will choose the most appropriate treatment for the patient depending on his or her condition. For patients with acute sternoclavicular dislocation without serious complications, the doctor may first try conservative treatment with closed repositioning.
However, it is important to note that conservative treatment is often difficult to maintain the repositioned state after repositioning and may leave behind problems such as joint instability and joint stiffness, leading to re-dislocation after repositioning, and conservative treatment has the disadvantages of long-term braking, inability to exercise early and many complications. Therefore, for unstable sternoclavicular joint dislocation, early surgical treatment is now mostly advocated in clinical practice.