title: [Use of radiotherapy in treatment of painful scapula-humeral periarthritis].
abstract: In 10 cases of painful scapulo-humeral periarthritis radiotherapy was used. In all cases conventional anti-inflammatory treatment was unsuccessful or impossible to deliver. Patients were treated using gamma 60Co radiation and 6 Gy was delivered in 1 Gy fractions over 8 days. The average degree of pain relief and improvement of limb mobility was assessed after radiotherapy completion, 1 week, 7 weeks after treatment and at final-up. The degree of pain relief was respectively 27%, 72%, 85% and 93%. Significant improvement of limb mobility was noted in all cases. Obtained results allow to conclude that anti-inflammatory radiotherapy is an effective treatment of painful scapulo-humeral periarthritis.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Radioterapii, Centrum Onkologii im. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie, Instytut, Oddział w Gliwicach.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miszczyk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Walichiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spindel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012540:Scapula; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes