Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Characteristic features of the patients who underwent arthroscopic repair for rotator cuff tear
Variable | Patients (n = 335) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 68.5 ± 9.6 |
Sex | |
Male | 128 (38.2) |
Female | (61.8) 207 |
Laterality | |
Left | 117 (34.9) |
Right | 218 (65.1) |
Etiology | |
Traumatic | 84 (25.1) |
Atraumatic | 251(74.9) |
Diabetes mellitus | |
Yes | 46 (13.7) |
No | 289 (86.3) |
Mean time from symptom onset to operation (month) | 6.8 ± 4.9 |
Involved tendon | |
Supraspinatus | 127 (37.9) |
Subscapularis | 27 (8) |
Supraspinatus and subscapularis | 70 (20.9) |
Supraspinatus and infraspinatus | 74 (22.1) |
Supraspinatus and subscapularis and infraspinatus | 37 (11.1) |
Tear size | |
Small | 86 (25.7) |
Medium | 92 (27.5) |
Large | 81 (24.2) |
Massive | 76 (22.6) |
Associated procedures | |
Tenotomy | 311 (92.8) |
Tenodesis | 24 (7.2) |
Postoperative stiffness | |
Yes | 121 (36.1) |
No | 214 (63.9) |