One patient with a significant retained lateral clavicular spike required additional surgery for excision. Arthroscopic distal clavicle resection is a safe and effective method of alleviating AC pain.

In this series, 57 patients had arthroscopic resection of the distal clavicle. The average amount of clavicle resected was 1.7 cm (1.4 to 2.0 cm). All 57 patients had acromioplasty as well ...