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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Group comparison in terms of surgical procedures, operative time, and amount of fluid used during surgery

From: A comparison of ice wrap and subacromial injection for postoperative pain and edema control following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

 

Ice wrap

SI

Control

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Supraspinatus repair

21 (91)

19 (95)

16 (100)

0.276

Subscapularis repair

15 (71)

9 (47)

11 (68)

0.483

Infraspinatus repair

0 (0)

2 (10)

1 (6)

0.326

Subacromial decompression

2 (1)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

0.426

Acromioplasty

9 (39)

11 (55)

11 (68)

0.189

Biceps

 Tenotomy

3 (13)

1 (5)

2 (13)

0.095

 Tenodesis

4 (17)

3 (15)

7 (43)

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p

Operative time (min)

150.43 ± 40.5

153.27 ± 29.24

176.80 ± 34.39

0.060

Amount of fluid used during surgery (l)

22.13 ± 5.23

24.15 ± 5.24

25.25 ± 3.76

0.134