Technical note: The quadrant technique for arthroscopic treatment of rotator cuff calcifications.
Reliable intraoperative localization of the calcium deposit is the most demanding and often time-consuming part of arthroscopic surgery for calcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff. A new technique is described to intraoperatively localize calcium deposits based on preoperative ultrasonographic identification and subsequent assignment to a defined quadrant lateral of the acromion edge. The technique requires only a partial subacromial bursectomy, making the procedure less invasive and faster to perform.
Private Practice in Orthopaedic Surgery, Freiburg and the Helios Hospital, Breisach, Germany (P.O.); the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (M.O.); and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (A.J.).
Peter
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Ogon
Michael
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Ogon
Alwin
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Jäger