Clinical outcomes and repair integrity of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using suture-bridge technique with or without medial tying: prospective comparative study

Table 1 Demographic and surgical data of the two study groups

Variable	Conventional SBT	Knotless SBT	p value*
Number of patients	50	50
Age at surgery, years	59.40 ± 7.45 (41–76)	59.90 ± 7.66 (47–74)	0.741
Gender, male	28 (56.0%)	24 (48.0%)	0.423
Affected shoulder, right	29 (58.0%)	34 (68.0%)	0.841
Duration of symptoms, months	5.86 ± 6.00 (1–36)	6.10 ± 9.05 (1–48)	0.876
Current smoker	9 (18.0%)	10 (20.0%)	0.532

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