Calcific Tendonitis - Shoulder - Arthroscopic Surgery, by Laith Farjo, MD

Arthroscopic surgery for calcific tendonitis of the shoulder - a cause of shoulder pain that is more common in women. Calcium deposits within the rotator cuff tendon are removed arthroscopically. By Dr. Laith Farjo, M.D. - http://www.advancedortho.net

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• calcific
• tendonitis
• shoulder
• pain
• arthroscopy
• arthroscopic
• surgery
• laith
• farjo
• michigan
• treatment
• heal
• calcifying
• rotator
• cuff

[uglycorny9]

Is this to cure it or just showing what it is because i got this ;(

[laithfarjomd]

@uglycorny9 This is a cure for most patients who have the procedure.

[tennisgirl1960]

Great video. Got a corizone shot today. My deposit is 4cm (very large). Just recently started feeling pain. but this week, I lost use of my arm and very painful. I saw the xray and I also have a bone spur which is also infering with the deposit. I am leaning toward surgery b/c it is so large and I do not want feel like this again. Have been thru rehab 4 yrs ago. NSaids helped some but upset stomach. I have reflux issues. do you recommend surgery?

[laithfarjomd]

@tennisgirl1960 I'm not a big fan of chronic use of NSAIDs because they can cause stomach ulcers and are attributed to a large number of ER visits yearly. Generally, the bigger the calcification, the less likely it is to go away on its own. We base the decision on surgery based on response to treatment like steroid injections - if you feel great, then sometimes you can ride it out until your body dissolves the calcium, which it sometimes does over periods of a year or longer.

[Coupal1]

Very informative video! I had arthroscopic shoulder surgery several years ago which was thankfully relieved the agonizing pain. I am wondering why the calcium couldn't be squeezed out instead of cut out.

[laithfarjomd]

@Coupal1 Sometimes the calcium can literally be squeezed out. But usually it is interspersed within the tendon fibers and we need to incise (cut) the tendon fibers to get to all the areas the calcium has worked its way into.

[jessweetca]

ohhh I SO need this done!

[Coupal1]

@laithfarjomd - I remember my x-rays and there was definitely calcium in/on the tendon (it didn't look like the x-rays on your video). In fact it looked not unlike a sabre tooth! Prior to the surgery, I had had a cortisone shot to the shoulder which didn't work at all. All I know is that after the surgery I was mercifully released from what had been a two year journey of pain which had been getting progressively worse. My question is what is the cause of these calcium deposits and bone spurs?

[laithfarjomd]

@Coupal1 - Most of the time, when people think they're having calcium removed, it is really bone spurs on the acromion or clavicle (which need to be ground down) - this is a more unusual case where calcium actually built up inside the rotator cuff tendon.

[TYUF786]

wow  good video