EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVES (ESWL) FOR TRE ATMENT OF CALCAREOUS TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT

Authors
LOEW M JURGOWSKI W
Citation
M. Loew et W. Jurgowski, EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVES (ESWL) FOR TRE ATMENT OF CALCAREOUS TENDINITIS OF THE SHOULDER - A PRELIMINARY-REPORT, Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete, 131(5), 1993, pp. 470-473
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Ihre Grenzgebiete → ACNP
ISSN journal
00443220
Volume
131
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
470 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-3220(1993)131:5<470:ES(FTA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In a prospective investigation the use of high energetic shock waves f or treatment of chronical painful calcareous tendinitis of the shoulde r was examined in a pilot group of 5 patients. The deposits were local iced by sonography. Immediatly after treatment 1 patient felt complete release of pain, the calcium deposit had disappeared on the x-ray con trol one day after treatment. In 3 cases pain release and elimination of the calcification appeared during 6 weeks after treatment. One pati ent showed only radiological desintegration of the calcification with no release of pain.