To determine if double needle ultrasound-guided hydrodissolution and aspiration of intratendinous calcification is more effective treatment than blind subacromial corticosteroid injection. A prospective randomised comparative clinical study of 32 patients suffering from chronic symptomatic calcific tendinosis of the supraspinatous tendon. Group A (16 patients) received a double needle ultrasound-guided aspiration of the calcification, while group B (16 patients) underwent a blind subacromial betamethazone injection. As far as group A, we attached a syringe in the first needle, including 10cc. of normal saline (N/S), that we injected targeting the calcium deposit. Then we tried to achieve consecutive aspirations through the second needle.Background
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