Arthroscopic removal of arch-shaped rotator cuff calcifying tendinitis without rotator cuff repair and acromioplasty is an excellent treatment regarding pain relief and function.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate clinical outcome for arthroscopic removal of calcium deposit without acromioplasty and rotator cuff repair for patients with ultrasound-diagnosed arch-shaped calcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff (type I), homogenic (x-ray) with chronic pain.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 50 patients with homogenous, arch-shaped calcifying tendinitis, suffering from chronic pain and who underwent arthroscopic treatment and 50 patients with the same type of tendinitis treated conservatively. All patients had calcium deposit located in supraspinatus tendon, pre-operatively and post-operatively evaluated by ultrasound.

Reverse shoulder arthroplasty in acute fractures provides better results than in revision procedures for fracture sequelae.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate functional outcomes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) in patients with acute fracture and sequelae of the proximal humeral fractures.

Methods: Thirty-seven patients were treated with RSA for acute fracture and sequelae of a proximal humeral fracture. The average age was 73 years (range 50-87 years).

Endoscopic treatment of the external snapping hip syndrome: surgical technique and report of two cases.

Snapping hip or coxa saltans is a condition characterized by an audible and/or palpable snapping during hip movement and can be associated with pain around the hip. There are various causes of this condition and can be divided into two types: extra-articular and intra-articular. The most common type is the external extra-articular, where the snapping is due to thickened posterior part of the iliotibial band or anterior part of the gluteus maximus muscle sliding over the greater trochanter during hip movement.