Intraosseous calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff yields similar outcomes to those of intratendinous lesions despite worse preoperative scores

• Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2022-07, Vol.30 (7), p.2485-2491
• Main Authors: Caliskan, Emrah, Eren, Ilker, Aslan, Lercan, Koyuncu, Ozgur, Seyahi, Aksel, Demirhan, Mehmet
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Pain; Patients; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Soft tissues; Sports Medicine; Tendinitis
• ISSN: 0942-2056; 1433-7347
• DOI: 10.1007/s00167-022-06870-2

Purpose To evaluate the surgical outcomes of arthroscopic removal of intraosseous deposits in patients with intraosseous calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff. Methods This study involved a retrospective review of 96 patients operated on from 2004 to 2019. Patients were divided into two groups according to the location of calcific deposits. Group I had pure tendinous involvement ( n  = 71), and Group II had tendinous and intraosseous involvement ( n  = 25). The mean follow-up time was 6.4 ± 3.9 years. There were 71 patients (46 women, 25 men) in Group I, and the mean age was 49.3 ± 8.2 years (range 30–65 years). In group II, there were 25 patients (18 women, 7 men); the mean age was 47.3 ± 11.2 years (range 28–70 years). Results The mean preoperative VAS pain score was 8.8 ± 1.4 in Group I compared to 9.5 ± 0.5 in group II ( p  = 0.017). The median preoperative Constant and Oxford scores were 42 (20–65) and 22 (8–34) in Group I and 25.5 (22–46) and 10 (8–16) in group II, respectively ( p