Ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation in rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy: what is the evidence? A systematic review with proposals for future reporting

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2176-2183

  Lanza, Ezio ^a   Banfi, Giuseppe ^b,c   Serafini, Giovanni ^d   Lacelli, Francesca ^d   Orlandi, Davide ^e   Bandirali, Michele ^f   Sardanelli, Francesco ^f,g   Sconfienza, Luca Maria ^f,g  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcific tendinopathy; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Systematic review; Ultrasound guided percutaneous irrigation

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

AMERICAN SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGEONS SCORE; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; ROTATOR CUFF CALCIFIC TENDINOPATHY; SEIZURE; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULTRASOUND GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS IRRIGATION; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; DEVICES; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PROCEDURES; TENDINOPATHY;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; ROTATOR CUFF; TENDINOPATHY; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84930483036     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3567-1     Document Type: Article

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