Conservative and Arthroscopic Treatment of Calcific Tendinitis

We reviewed 126 patients of calcific tendinitis treated from January,2002 to April, 2005.Average age was 53 and female dominant in 77% of the cases. Calcium deposits were involved in supraspinatus ten-don in 84% of the cases. We compared clinical changes for 64 cases treated with injection, and 12 cases treated byarthroscopic decompression with 6 month follow-up.