title: [Arthroscopic treatment of calcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff].
abstract: The treatment of symptomatic calcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff is usally medical. Whereas, chronic and painfull features can beneficiate of a surgical treatment. With shoulder arthroscopy it's possible to remove the type A and B calcifications and to perform a bursectomy and acromioplasty in type C uncollected. The clinical and radiological results with one year of follow-up upgrate 90% of good and excellent results. Calcifying tendinitis reatment appear like one of the best indications of the shoulder arthroscopy.
authors.affiliation: thierry.boyer13@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boyer
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017006:Rotator Cuff / Q000601:surgery*; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*