Rotator cuff calcifications: treatment with US-guided technique
| Autor: | S Soimakallio, P U Farin, H Jaroma |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Shoulders Suction Rotator Cuff Tendinitis medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Rotator cuff Local anesthesia Ultrasonography Interventional business.industry Calcific tendinitis Calcinosis Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Tendinopathy Female Complication Range of motion business Calcification |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 195(3) |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: The authors developed and tested a technique to treat calcific tendinitis in the rotator cuff with multiple needle punctures, aspiration, and lavage under ultrasonographic (US) guidance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Atraumatic pain in the shoulders of a 46-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man was resistant to conservative therapy. With local anesthesia and continuous three-dimensional US visualization, the tips of two 18-gauge needles were placed within the calcification in the rotator cuff. Saline solution was injected and aspirated with the needles until the aspirate was free of calcific particles. RESULTS: Both patients experienced complete relief of pain and recovery of full range of motion, one on the 3rd day after treatment and one within 15 minutes. CONCLUSION: Use of this US-guided technique is successful to treat calcific tendinitis in the rotator cuff without the radiation exposure of fluoroscopic guidance. |
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