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Table 2 Clinical outcome in patients with (WMT group) or without (WOMT group) medial knot tying during surgery

From: Clinical and structural outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a comparison between suture bridge techniques with or without medial knot tying

 

WMT (n = 29)

WOMT (n = 24)

P value

JOA score

 BO

66.6 ± 14.5

62.6 ± 13.5

0.37

 PO 3M

74.2 ± 19.2

74.5 ± 13.8

0.69

 PO 1Y

89.6 ± 8.5

86.0 ± 12.3

0.41

 PO 2Y

94.2 ± 6.0

87.8 ± 12.9

0.21

UCLA score

 BO

17.5 ± 5.3

16.7 ± 3.1

0.56

 PO 3M

27.1 ± 3.3

27.7 ± 3.2

0.27

 PO 1Y

32.6 ± 2.2

30.2 ± 5.4

0.42

 PO 2Y

34.6 ± 2.8

33.4 ± 3.4

0.52

  1. BO before operative, PO Postoperative, M month, Y year, JOA Japan Orthopedic Association, UCLA University of California, Los Angeles