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Table 1 The characteristics of the included studies

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

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

  1. TCaR tear conversion and repair, TTR trans-tendon repair