Advantage of Using of High Frequency All Digital Ultrasonography Systems with Sie Scape Panoramic Imaging in Diagnosis of Degenerative Changes of Tendon

Problemstellung: Purpose of study was to evaluate effectiveness of ultrasound examination in diagnosis of tendon changes with or without synovial membrane at the different stages of degeneration. Methode: 3140 patients with different complaints on muscle-skeletal system pathologies aged 25-70 years were evaluated. Investigations were performed on the "SIEMENS SONOLINE ANTARES" and "SIEMENS SONOLINE ELEGRA". Ergebnisse: 571 (15%) patients were diagnosed as having tendon degenerative lesions at the different stages. All of them were over 35 years of age. 112 (20%) of 571 patients had degenerative changes at the pr…