Ultrasound combined with pre-operative MRI is cost effective in evaluating rotator cuff tears Date: May 5, 2011 Source: American Roentgen Ray Society Summary: While ultrasound is usually viewed as ...

Ultrasound-guided autologous blood injections are effective for interstitial delamination of the rotator cuff.

Dynamic ultrasound is the best imaging modality to assess postoperative rotator cuff integrity and function for many clinical reasons. All patients can have an ultrasound study. Unlike with a CT ...

Shoulder pain due to the rotator cuff is one of the most common complaints presenting to an orthopedic surgeon's office. Fortunately, most rotator cuff disease is really inflammation of the ...

New ultrasound-guided treatment reduces pain from calcific rotator cuff tendonitis The experimental technique uses saline injected into the rotator cuff to break up calcium deposits.

While ultrasound is usually viewed as more cost effective, MRI is most often used to evaluate the rotator cuff. When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial ...

A rotator cuff tear is a tear in your shoulder tendons. Four muscles come together as tendons in your shoulder to keep your upper arm bone in your shoulder socket. When your rotator cuff is torn, it ...

It is not known if shoulder abnormalities including rotator cuff tendons and coracohumeral ligament are detectable on high-resolution ultrasound in a-symptomatic junior tennis players.

Medical researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center designed and built a python-tooth-inspired implant to better mend rotator cuff tears—small ruptures in the muscles and tendon ...

First, is the tear really causing your pain? A few studies have used either an ultrasound or an MRI to look at the rotator cuff of asymptomatic volunteers. One such study found that 28 percent of ...

When performing a cost utility analysis, utilizing an ultrasound as the initial imaging test for rotator cuff tear, along with pre-operative MRI to identify alternative and concurrent diagnoses ...