From: Which is the best repair of articular-sided rotator cuff tears: a meta-analysis
Study | Year | Country | Study design | Patients | Intervention | Sample size | Mean follow-up | Mean age | Gender (male/female) | Matching outcome measures |
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Allen Deutsch | 2007 | USA | Prospective cohort study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TCaR | 33 | 38 months | 48 | 22/11 | ASES |
Castricini R | 2009 | Italy | Retrospectively cohort study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>52 %) | TTR | 31 | 33 months | 53.3 | 16/15 | Re-tear rate |
Jaideep J. Iyengar | 2010 | USA | Retrospectively cohort study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>52 %) | TCaR | 14 | 24 months | 57.5 | Unclear | Re-tear rate |
Young-Jin Seo | 2011 | Korea | Prospective cohort study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TTR | 24 | 12 months | 51 | 14/10 | ASES |
Sang-Jin Shin | 2012 | Korea | RCT | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TTR | 24 | 31 months | 53 | 10/14 | ASES, Re-tear rate |
Sang-Jin Shin | 2012 | Korea | RCT | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TCaR | 24 | 31 months | 57 | 13/11 | ASES, Re-tear rate |
Xavier A. Duralde | 2012 | USA | Retrospectively cohort study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TTR | 50 | 38 months | 48.7 | Unclear | ASES |
Kyung Cheon Kim | 2013 | Korea | Prospective cohort study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TTR | 32 | 17.4 months | 51.8 | 16/16 | ASES |
Francesco Franceschi | 2013 | Italy | RCT | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TCaR | 28 | 39 months | 55.6 | 13/15 | ASES, Re-tear rate |
Francesco Franceschi | 2013 | Italy | RCT | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TTR | 32 | 38 months | 57.3 | 18/14 | ASES, Re-tear rate |
Sung-Jae Kim | 2013 | Korea | Case–control study | Articular side partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (>50 %) | TTR | 29 | 24 months | 59.1 | 10/19 | ASES, Re-tear rate |