%0 Journal Article
%T Ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation of calcific tendinopathy: technical developments
%A Bevilacqua Andrea
%A De Filippo Massimo
%A Miele Vittorio
%A Natella Raffaele
%A Pagnini Francesco
%A Palumbo Pierpaolo
%A Pradella Silvia
%A Russo Umberto
%A Sabatino Vittorio
%A Vito DĄŻAmuri Fabiano
%A Zappia Marcello
%J Archive of "Acta Bio Medica : Atenei Parmensis".
%D 2019
%R 10.23750/abm.v90i5-S.8333
%X Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy (RCCT) is a common and painful shoulder disease characterised by deposition of calcium into the rotator cuffĄŻs 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. (www.actabiomedica.it
%K rotator cuff
%K shoulder
%K ultrasound-guided procedures
%K calcific tendinopathy
%K percutaneus treatments
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6625565/