Table 1 Demographic data of patients with (WMT group) or without (WOMT group) medial knot tying during surgery
WMT (n = 29) | WOMT (n = 24) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, year | 63.8 ± 8.4 | 65.1 ± 9.6 | 0.70 |
Gender, n | |||
Male | 17 | 15 | |
Female | 12 | 9 | 0.77 |
Traumatic onset, n | 15 | 12 | 0.90 |
Symptom duration, week | 35.5 ± 25.2 | 33.5 ± 29.1 | 0.55 |
Tear size, n | |||
Small | 2 | 3 | |
Middle | 9 | 6 | |
Large | 12 | 9 | |
Massive | 6 | 6 | 0.86 |
ROM, degree | |||
Flex | 114.2 ± 39.7 | 111.0 ± 29.4 | 0.70 |
Abd | 103.2 ± 49.3 | 101.7 ± 41.1 | 0.81 |
BR | 4.7 ± 3.5 | 4.0 ± 3.0 | 0.40 |
ER | 42.0 ± 19.4 | 39.0 ± 13.3 | 0.88 |
MS | |||
Flex | 110.7 ± 119.4 | 99.8 ± 25.6 | 0.17 |
Abd | 59.3 ± 25.5 | 65.9 ± 30.0 | 0.59 |
IR | 87.1 ± 25.5 | 102.2 ± 30.4 | 0.16 |
ER | 80.5 ± 29.2 | 72.4 ± 21.0 | 0.55 |