Abstracts tagged "steroids and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 2251 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Calcific Tendonitis of the Rotator Cuff: Do We Need Steroid Injection after Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Lavage? Results of a 12-Months Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Study
Christelle Darrieutort-Laffite¹, Stéphane Varin², Guillaume Coiffier³, Jean-David Albert³, Gregoire Cormier² and Benoit Le Goff¹, ¹Rheumatology, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France, ²Rheumatology, La Roche-Sur-Yon Hospital, La Roche-Sur-Yon, France, ³Rheumatology, Rennes University Hospital, Rennes, France
Background/Purpose: Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy is a common condition causing up to 20% of the painful shoulder. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage (UGPL) is indicated after failure…