Table 2 Results of the operative reports’ evaluation, postoperative chart analyses, and pre- and postoperative VISA-A-G questionnaire scores for the included patients
Patient No. | Tear orientation | Operative technique | Number of transverse sutures | Extent of resection (%) | Complications | Running activity initiated (months postop.) | VISA-A-G Score | Final follow-up (months) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preop. | 3 months postop. | 6 months postop. | 12 months postop. | Final follow-up | |||||||||
Impingement partial tear | 1 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 ant. Z | 10 | Reinjury 9 weeks postop. (walking at the beach). MRI = 20% partial tear, reoperation proposed | n.p. | 33 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 42 |
2 | Longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 ant. Z | 10 | No | 13 | 28 | 32 | 23 | m.v. | 58 | 50 | |
5 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 trans. Z | 10 | No | N.a. | 56 | 53 | 70 | 94 | 93 | 50 | |
6 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 5 ant. Z | 20 | No | 5 | 18 | 56 | 80 | 95 | 97 | 51 | |
8 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 ant. Z | 10 | No | 5 | 31 | 45 | 81 | 99 | 88 | 51 | |
11 | Longitudinal medial | RCB + H + debridement | 2 ant. Z | 5 | DVT | N.s. | 41 | 28 | 79 | 67 | 87 | 56 | |
12 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 ant. O | 10 | Midportion AT partial tear 3 months postop. | 10 | 28 | 37 | 93 | 54 | 82 | 57 | |
13 | Longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 ant. Z | 5 | No | 2 | 53 | 58 | 75 | 84 | 99 | 59 | |
14 | Transversal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 ant. O | 15 | No | 7 | 26 | m.v. | m.v. | 96 | 96 | 63 | |
15 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 ant. O | 20 | No | 3 | 55 | 61 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 65 | |
18 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 ant. O, 1 trans. O | 20 | No | 4 | 48 | 81 | 80 | 94 | 97 | 71 | |
20 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 ant. O | 10 | No | 5 | 23 | 20 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 74 | |
21 | Longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 trans. O, 1 ant. O | 15 | No | 3 | 43 | 52 | m.v. | 95 | 96 | 78 | |
23 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 trans. O | 20 | N.s. | N.s. | 42 | 62 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 77 | |
25 | Transversal + longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 1 ant. Z | 10 | No | 4 | 48 | 34 | 87 | 100 | 89 | 79 | |
27 | Longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 trans. O | 15 | N.s. | N.s. | 50 | m.v. | m.v. | m.v. | 100 | 90 | |
28 | Longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 3 trans. O | 10 | No | 3 | 40 | m.v. | m.v. | 67 | 83 | 111 | |
30 | Longitudinal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 ant. O | 10 | No | 6 | 73 | 49 | 68 | 93 | 93 | 114 | |
31 | Longitudinal posterior, transversal anterior | RCB + H + debridement | 4 trans. O | 25 | No | 5 | 50 | 50 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 107 | |
33 | Transversal | RCB + H + debridement | 4 trans. O | 40 | No | 4 | 51 | 51 | 91 | 90 | 94 | 107 | |
34 | Transversal | RCB + H + debridement | 2 ant. O | 10 | DVT 12 days postop. | 4 | 48 | 78 | 94 | 94 | 97 | 107 | |
Mean | 14.3 | 5.2 | 42.1 | 47.7 | 77.1 | 86.2 | 88.8 | 74.2 | |||||
SD | 7.8 | 2.7 | 13.0 | 17.7 | 24.4 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 22.7 | |||||
Median | 10.0 | 4.5 | 43.0 | 50.5 | 81.0 | 94.0 | 96.0 | 71.0 | |||||
Max. | 40 | 13 | 73 | 81 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 114 | |||||
Min. | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 42 | |||||
Midportion partial tear | 1 | Longitudinal dorsal | Debridement | 4 ant. trans. O | 20 | Focal wound healing disorder (7 mm) | N.s. | 59 | 83 | 91 | m.v. | 94 | 44 |
2 | Longitudinal dorsal medial | Debridement | 4 ant. trans. O | 15 | No | 4 | 68 | 68 | 94 | 94 | 100 | 42 | |
3 | Longitudinal 8 cm | Debridement | 3 ant. trans. O | 10 | No | 4 | 73 | 36 | 88 | 97 | 100 | 57 | |
6 | Longitudinal 8 cm | Debridement | 6 ant. trans. O | 40 | 2 months postop. sero-hematoma (3 ml punctured, 2 PRP injections) | N.s. | 17 | 56 | 96 | 96 | 100 | 70 | |
7 | Longitudinal 10 cm | Plantaris | 3 ant. trans. O | 60 | Initial redness, 1 week postop, oral clindamycin | 5 | 63 | 83 | 93 | 97 | 100 | 64 | |
8 | Longitudinal dorsal medial | Plantaris | 3 ant. trans. O | 50 | 11 months later Haglund resection ipsilateral | 5 | 38 | 51 | 58 | m.v. | 100 | 68 | |
9 | Transverse anterior and longitudinal dorsal proximal | Plantaris | 5 ant. trans. O | 50 | No | N.s. | 20 | 38 | m.v. | m.v. | 100 | 87 | |
10 | Transverse anteromedial 1.5 mm | Debridement | 3 ant. trans. O | 10 | No | 3 | 43 | 33 | 95 | 97 | 100 | 89 | |
11 | Cystic sero-hematoma, longitudinal | Debridement | 4 ant. trans. O | 35 | No | N.s. | 61 | 44 | 64 | 96 | 71 | 87 | |
12 | Longitudinal 4.5 cm | Debridement | 3 ant. trans. O | 10 | No | 3.5 | 49 | m.v. | 89 | 100 | 100 | 91 | |
14 | Longitudinal medial 3 cm | Debridement | 2 ant. trans. O | 5 | No | 3.5 | 63 | 84 | m.v. | 97 | 100 | 104 | |
15 | Longitudinal lateral | Debridement | 2 ant. trans. O | 5 | No | 5 | 10 | 61 | 52 | 80 | 94 | 97 | |
16 | Longitudinal medial 4.5 cm | Debridement | 3 ant. trans. O | 5 | No | 7 | 66 | 50 | 61 | 75 | 97 | 107 | |
18 | Transverse anteromedial | Plantaris | 5 ant. trans. O | 50 | No | 6 | 21 | 49 | m.v. | 100 | 100 | 103 | |
19 | Transverse anteromedial | Debridement | 2 ant. trans. O | 15 | DVT 16 days postop. | 3.5 | 48 | 68 | m.v. | 97 | 94 | 107 | |
20 | Longitudinal 8 cm | Debridement | 5 ant. trans. O | 15 | No | 6 | 15 | 56 | 91 | 100 | 100 | 114 | |
Mean | 24.7 | 4.6 | 44.6 | 57.3 | 81.0 | 94.3 | 96.9 | 83.2 | |||||
SD | 18.7 | 1.2 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 22.2 | |||||
Median | 15.0 | 4.5 | 48.5 | 56.0 | 90.0 | 97.0 | 100.0 | 88.0 | |||||
Max. | 60 | 7 | 73 | 84 | 96 | 100 | 100 | 114 | |||||
Min. | 5 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 52 | 75 | 71 | 42 | |||||