THE PERCUTANEOUS ASPIRATION AND LAVAGE UNDER SONOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE: AN EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE ROTATOR CUFF CALCIFIC TENDINITIS, BASED ON AN EXPERIENCE…

Purpose: To demonstrate the efficacy of the sonographic guidance for the percutaneous treatment of the rotator cuff calcific tendinitis. Methods and Materials: During the five past years, 107 women and 69 men, presenting with a symptomatic calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff have undergone 215 percutaneous aspiration and lavage under sonographic guidance: local anesthesia of the sub-acromial bursa with a 23 Gauge needle, needling and lavage of the calcification with a 16 Gauge needle, injection of a sterod in the bursa. The localization and the size of the calcium deposit, the duration of the procedure, if c…