Treatment of calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff by ultrasound-guided single-needle lavage technique

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Sconfienza, Luca Maria ^a   Serafini, Giovanni ^b   Sardanelli, Francesco ^c  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SINGLE NEEDLE LAVAGE TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING;

CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; NEEDLES; PATIENT POSITIONING; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; STEROIDS; TENDINOPATHY; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79960715034     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6295     Document Type: Letter

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