2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-36162010000100010
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Artroscopia no tratamento da tendinite calcária refratária do ombro

Abstract: RESUMO INTRODUçãOA tendinite calcária é uma das afecções mais comuns do manguito rotador, acometendo, principalmente, pacientes entre 30 e 50 anos, com incidência maior no sexo feminino (1,2) . A etiologia ainda permanece desconhecida. Os depósitos calcários se originam com mais frequên-cia na porção do manguito que suporta as forças de maior intensidade e que mais frequentemente apresenta alterações degenerativas: o tendão do supraespinal (3) . Codman chamou essa região de zona crítica do manguito rotador, lo… Show more

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“…Suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is a safe and effective method to treat pain in chronic diseases that affect the shoulder, like irrecoverable injury of rotator cuff, rheumatoid arthritis, calcific tendinitis, cancer, stroke sequels and adhesive capsulitis 1,2 . Shoulder pain is a frequent complaint among elderly patients, which leads to a great functional disability and decrease in their quality of life.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is a safe and effective method to treat pain in chronic diseases that affect the shoulder, like irrecoverable injury of rotator cuff, rheumatoid arthritis, calcific tendinitis, cancer, stroke sequels and adhesive capsulitis 1,2 . Shoulder pain is a frequent complaint among elderly patients, which leads to a great functional disability and decrease in their quality of life.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1 A suprascapular nerve block (SSNB) is an effective method for the treatment of certain shoulder disorders such as adhesive capsulitis, rheumatoid arthritis, calcifying tendinitis, and post-cerebrovascular accident. [2][3][4] The procedure has been increasingly used in severe pain control and postoperative analgesia after shoulder surgery, [4][5][6][7] as other therapeutic options such as anti-infl ammatory drugs and intra-articular steroid injections have their limitations, mainly in the elderly population, which has many comorbidities. 4,8 The SSNB is a safe, simple, inexpensive procedure, applicable to the majority of physicians working with pain management, 9 in addition to being well tolerated even by patients with several pathologies that affect the shoulder region.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%