Table 4 Intraoperative macroscopic characteristics of calcifying tendinitis
Parameter | N = 145 | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Consistency of calcification | Tooth paste | 10 | 6.9 | |
Tough + Tooth paste | 92 | 63.4 | ||
Tough + Tooth paste + streaks | 1 | 0.7 | ||
Tough + Tooth paste + clods | 1 | 0.7 | ||
Snow | 20 | 13.8 | ||
Snow + flaky | 12 | 8.3 | ||
Snow + streaks | 2 | 1.4 | ||
Snow + toothpaste | 3 | 2.1 | ||
Red/brown “sauce” | 1 | 0.7 | ||
Calcification of bursa + snow | 1 | 0.7 | ||
Flakes on RC | 1 | 0.7 | ||
Cloudy | 1 | 0.7 | ||
Structure of calcification | From very fine (1) to rough (5) | 1 | 39 | 26.9 |
2 | 1 | 0.7 | ||
3 | 98 | 67.6 | ||
4 | 2 | 1.4 | ||
5 | 5 | 3.4 | ||