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

Table 2 Clinical and surgical data of the two study groups

Variable	Conventional SBT	Knotless SBT	p value*
Total number of patients	50	50
Clinical evaluation
1-year follow-up	47 (94.0%)	48 (96.0%)	0.646
2-year follow-up	49 (98.0%)	47 (94.0%)	0.307
Postoperative radiologic evaluation	49 (98.0%)	48 (96.0%)	0.941
MRI	32	31
US	17	17
Tear size, mm
Anterior-to-posterior	2.51 (1.6–4.0)	2.53 (1.5–3.9)	0.918
Medial-to-lateral	1.96 (0.8–3.5)	1.97 (0.5–3.5)	0.906
Cuff retraction (Patte stage)			0.188
Stage I	31 (63.3%)	23 (47.9%)
Stage II	18 (36.7%)	25 (52.1%)
Stage III	0	0
Subacromial decompression	47 (94.0%)	47 (94.0%)	1.000
Biceps tenotomy	25 (50.0%)	25 (50.0%)	1.000

Data are expressed as mean (range) or number (percentage)
SBT suture-bridge technique, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, US ultrasonography
*Paired t test and χ² test; p < 0.05 denotes statistical significance

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