Key result
An arthroscopic suture bridge technique achieved good clinical results and confirmed intact rotator cuff integrity on follow-up MRI in patients with long-standing calcific tendinitis.
Why the study?
Does the arthroscopic suture bridge technique improve clinical results and maintain rotator cuff integrity in patients with chronically painful calcific tendinitis of the shoulder?
Does the arthroscopic suture bridge technique improve clinical results and maintain rotator cuff integrity in patients with chronically painful calcific tendinitis of the shoulder?
The arthroscopic suture bridge technique provides a viable surgical option for removing hard calcific materials while ensuring rotator cuff integrity in chronic calcific tendinitis.
May support suture bridge repair in chronic calcific tendinitis; hypothesis-generating for cuff preservation without randomized data.
Arthroscopic removal, now the main treatment option, has almost replaced open surgery for treatment of resistant calcific tendinitis. In some cases of chronic calcific tendinitis of the shoulder, the calcific materials are hard and adherent to the tendon. Removal of these materials can cause significant intratendinous tears between the superficial and deep layers of the degenerated rotator cuff. Thus far, there are no established surgical techniques for removing the calcific materials while ensuring cuff integrity. Good clinical results for rotator cuff repair were achieved by using an arthroscopic suture bridge technique in patients with long-standing calcific tendinitis. Intact rotator cuff integrity and recovery of signal change on follow-up magnetic resonance imaging scans were confirmed. This is a technical note about a surgical technique and its clinical results with a review of relevant published reports.
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Ji et al. (2013) studied Chronically painful calcific tendinitis of the shoulder. Arthroscopic suture bridge technique was evaluated on Clinical results, rotator cuff integrity, and recovery of signal change on follow-up MRI. An arthroscopic suture bridge technique achieved good clinical results and confirmed intact rotator cuff integrity on follow-up MRI in patients with long-standing calcific tendinitis.
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