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Table 3 Preoperative radiographic assessment of calcifying tendinitis

From: Examination of concomitant glenohumeral pathologies in patients treated arthroscopically for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder and implications for routine diagnostic joint exploration

Parameter

 

N = 145

%

Localization (missing: n = 1)

Medial

28

19.4

Lateral

104

72.2

Lateral +50% medial

11

7.6

Medial +50% lateral

1

0.7

Number of calcifications

1

137

94.5

2

6

4.1

3

0

0

4

2

1.4

Acromion morphology [21]

1 – Flat

46

31.7

2 – Curved

86

59.3

3 – Hooked

13

9

Ultrasound – affected quadrants

1

115

79.3

2

41

28.3

3

10

6.9

4

11

7.6

Ultrasound

Total number of lesions

139

 

Dorsal attenuation

118

81.4