Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy (RCCT) is a common and painful shoulder disease characterised by deposition of calcium into the rotator cuff's tendond. Different therapeutic options have been proposed, but the ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation (US-PICT) is been proved as an effective and safe first-line treatment. It can be performed with a single- of a double-needle tecnique, using warm saline solution to improve the dissolution of the calcific deposit. The procedure is ended with an intrabursal injection of local anaesthetics and slow-release steroids to improve the pain relief and to prevent complications. US-PICT leads to significative improvement in the shoulder funtion and pain relief in the short and long term, with a low complications rate.
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J Orthop Sci
January 2025
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
Background: Various conservative treatments have been reported for refractory calcific tendinitis of the shoulder. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of a combined therapy of focused shock wave (FSW) and ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation of calcific tendinopathy (US-PICT).
Methods: A total of 229 patients (246 shoulders) who experienced shoulder pain for over six months due to calcific tendinitis were included.
Acad Radiol
January 2025
Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasonography, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China (A.U., L.C., L.Y., W.X.). Electronic address:
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Gastrointest Endosc
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Department of Endoscopy and Endoscopic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Methods: Of 423 patients with pancreatic fluid collections treated in a large multi-institutional cohort between 2010 and 2020, 212 with available preprocedural computed tomography images were included.
Healthcare (Basel)
December 2024
Interlevel Clinical Management Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba and Guadalquivir Health District, 14011 Córdoba, Spain.
: Shoulder pain is a very common health issue among adults, being 8% due to calcifying tendinopathies (CT) of the shoulder. The evolutionary process of this lesion can be classified according to Bianchi Martinoli, depending on the ultrasound appearance. In 50% of cases, with first-line treatments, they resolve spontaneously.
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Department of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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