title: [Intermediate-term follow-up of surgically managed tendinosis calcarea (calcifying subacromion syndrome--SAS) of the shoulder joint].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigation of clinical und ultrasonographical results after operatively treated calcifying tendinitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  131 patients with calcifying tendinitis were treated by surgical decompression and, if necessary and possible, calcific deposit removal. 93% of these patients were clinically and ultrasonographically examined after an average time of 4 years and 5 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pain rating on a visual analogue scale 0-no pain to 10-maximum pain was 8.7 before surgery and 1.4 at follow-up. 88% of the patients rated the operation excellent or good. The Constant Score results corresponded to the average results of a normal population (100.3). At the time of examination in 16.4% of the cases new calcific deposits could be discovered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the clinical results operative treatment shows good and excellent results in a high degree even after unsuccessful non-operative therapy.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Bochum im St. Josef-Hospital Bochum.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rubenthaler
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wittenberg
mesh_terms: D000174:Acromion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014463:Ultrasonography