To assess the efficacy of tidal irrigation in patients with Milwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS).
Objective. To assess the efficacy of tidal irrigation in patients with Milwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS). Methods. Ten patients with clinical diagnosis of MSS underwent ultrasound examination and tidal irrigation followed by instillation of methylprednisolone and tranexamic acid. A single shoulder was treated in 9 cases; in one patient with bilateral shoulder involvement, both shoulders were treated at different times. Six patients had longlasting disease (Group A) unsuccessfully treated with repeated joint fluid aspirations and intraarticular corticosteroid injections. Four patients had recent-onset illness without radiologic damage but with clinical findings similar to classic MSS (Group B), not previously treated with corticosteroid injections with symptoms dating from 3 months or less. Clinical examination including evaluation of adverse events, range of motion, and pain score by a 100 mm horizontal visual analog scale was scheduled just before tidal irrigation and after 2 and 6 mo...
Efficacy of tidal irrigation in Milwaukee shoulder syndrome
Scirè, Carlo A;Montecucco, Carlomaurizio
2007
Abstract
Objective. To assess the efficacy of tidal irrigation in patients with Milwaukee shoulder syndrome (MSS). Methods. Ten patients with clinical diagnosis of MSS underwent ultrasound examination and tidal irrigation followed by instillation of methylprednisolone and tranexamic acid. A single shoulder was treated in 9 cases; in one patient with bilateral shoulder involvement, both shoulders were treated at different times. Six patients had longlasting disease (Group A) unsuccessfully treated with repeated joint fluid aspirations and intraarticular corticosteroid injections. Four patients had recent-onset illness without radiologic damage but with clinical findings similar to classic MSS (Group B), not previously treated with corticosteroid injections with symptoms dating from 3 months or less. Clinical examination including evaluation of adverse events, range of motion, and pain score by a 100 mm horizontal visual analog scale was scheduled just before tidal irrigation and after 2 and 6 mo...I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
