title: Endoscopic management of shoulder pain in long-term haemodialysis patients.
abstract: In 48 shoulders of 29 patients receiving long-term haemodialysis and complaining of intolerable shoulder pain, endoscopic resection of the coracoacromial ligament was performed under local anaesthesia on an outpatient basis, using the Universal Subcutaneous Endoscope system. Predominant endoscopic findings were proliferation of the subacromial bursae and popping between the coracoacromial ligament and the rotator cuff. Amyloid originating from beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2-M) was demonstrated in 87% of the resected coracoacromial ligaments and 86% of the subacromial bursae. Resection of the coracoacromial ligament relieved the shoulder pain in all patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Centre, Tokyo.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Okutsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takatori
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hamanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsubo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Otsubo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012782:Shoulder