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Efficacy of ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage for rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05272085 (Comparison of the Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Lavage and Subacromial Bursa Injection in Calcific Tendinitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparison of the Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Lavage and Subacromial Bursa Injection in Calcific Tendinitis: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage for the treatment of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Do we need to improve the reporting of evidence in tendinopathy management? A critical appraisal of systematic reviews with recommendations on strength of evidence assessment.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Ultrasound guided lavage with corticosteroid injection versus sham lavage with and without corticosteroid injection for calcific tendinopathy of shoulder: randomised double blinded multi-arm study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Trial
- Impact of Adequate Disinfection Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided Injections in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Calcifications of the Knee's Medial Compartment: A Case Report and Literature Review on the Adductor Magnus Tendon as an Uncommon Location and the Role of Ultrasound-Guided Lavage.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy and ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage in reducing the pain of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy; an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedics · 2024Review
- The effect of extracorporeal shock-wave therapy on pain in patients with various tendinopathies: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Lavage as Treatment for Pellegrini-Stieda Syndrome with Suspected Same Patho-mechanism as Rotator Cuff Syndrome: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation of rotator cuff calcific tendinosis. What radiologist should know.Polish journal of radiology · 2022Review
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation of calcific tendinopathy: redefining predictors of treatment outcome.European radiology · 2021Article
- Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for rotator cuff tendonitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Surgical or nonsurgical treatment for nontraumatic rotator cuff tears: Study protocol clinical trial.Medicine · 2020Article
- Efficacy of ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment of the rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy with double needle technique.Journal of orthopaedicsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundRotator cuff calcific tendinopathy (RCCT) is frequently diagnosed in patients with shoulder pain, but there is no consensus on its treatment such as rest, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), physical therapy, subacromial corticosteroid injection (SAI), extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), and ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage (UGPL). The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of UGPL with other techniques in the treatment of RCCT.
methodsLiterature searches of PubMed, EMBASE, OVID, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Chinese Biomedical Literature, Wanfang, Weipu Journal, and CNKI databases were performed up to August 2018. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing UGPL vs other methods for RCCT were included. Data collection and extraction, quality assessment, and data analyses were performed according to the Cochrane standards.
resultsEight RCTs were included with 617 cases in all. The result of meta-analysis showed that: there were significant differences between the UGPL and ESWT group in 12-month follow-up VAS, constant shoulder score (CSS), the average particle size of the calcium deposition, and the calcification disappearance rate. However, there was no significant difference in complication between 2 groups.
conclusionThe present meta-analysis indicates that UGPL has certain clinical effect for calcifying tendinitis of rotator cuff. Compared with ESWT, UGPL may be superior in clinical pain relief and calcification clearance. However, owing to the limited quality and quantity of the included studies, additional high-quality RCTs are needed to confirm these findings.
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