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[Minimally invasive arthroscopic treatment of shoulder impingement]
Rimtautas Gudas1, Romas Jonas Kalesinskas, Ramūnas Tamosiūnas
1Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumathology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, 3007 Kaunas, Lithuania. rimtautas@kmu.lt
Abstract:
Between 2000 and 2002 thirty four patients were evaluated after arthroscopic acromionplasty procedures. Patients had different shoulder pathology and were evaluated 15+/-1.2 months post operations through Constant scale and with x-rays. The mean age of patients was 42+/-6.5 years during operations. Twenty eight (82.3%) arthroscopic assisted acromionplasties results were good at the time of last follow-up. Final evaluation showed statistically significantly improvement of the Constant results from 26+/-6.24 preoperatively to 60+/-7.56 postoperatively (p<0.05).