TY - JOUR
T1 - Double-needle ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment of rotator cuff calcific tendinitis
T2 - Tips & tricks
AU - Sconfienza, Luca Maria
AU - Viganò, Sara
AU - Martini, Chiara
AU - Aliprandi, Alberto
AU - Randelli, Pietro
AU - Serafini, Giovanni
AU - Sardanelli, Francesco
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Rotator cuff calcific tendinitis is a very common disease and may result in a very painful shoulder. Aetiology of this disease is still poorly understood. When symptoms are mild, this disease may be treated conservatively. Several treatment options have been proposed. Among them, ultrasound-guided procedures have been recently described. All procedures use one or two needles to inject a fluid, to dissolve calcium and to aspirate it. In the present article, we review some tips and tricks that may be useful to improve performance of an ultrasound-guided double-needle procedure.
AB - Rotator cuff calcific tendinitis is a very common disease and may result in a very painful shoulder. Aetiology of this disease is still poorly understood. When symptoms are mild, this disease may be treated conservatively. Several treatment options have been proposed. Among them, ultrasound-guided procedures have been recently described. All procedures use one or two needles to inject a fluid, to dissolve calcium and to aspirate it. In the present article, we review some tips and tricks that may be useful to improve performance of an ultrasound-guided double-needle procedure.
KW - Rotator cuff calcific tendinitis
KW - Shoulder
KW - Ultrasound-guided procedures
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U2 - 10.1007/s00256-012-1462-x
DO - 10.1007/s00256-012-1462-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22710923
AN - SCOPUS:84870460864
VL - 42
SP - 19
EP - 24
JO - Skeletal Radiology
JF - Skeletal Radiology
SN - 0364-2348
IS - 1
ER -