Double-needle ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment of rotator cuff calcific tendinitis: Tips & tricks

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Sconfienza, Luca Maria ^a   Viganò, Sara ^b   Martini, Chiara ^c   Aliprandi, Alberto ^a   Randelli, Pietro ^a,b   Serafini, Giovanni ^d   Sardanelli, Francesco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rotator cuff calcific tendinitis; Shoulder; Ultrasound guided procedures

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROTATOR CUFF CALCIFIC TENDINITIS; TENDINITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CALCINOSIS; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; NEEDLES; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER PAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TENDINOPATHY; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84870460864     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-012-1462-x     Document Type: Review

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