Study |
Sample Size |
Repair Technique |
Mean age |
Mean follow-up (months) |
Rerupture Rate |
Distibution of repair technique |
Waterman et al. [6] |
69 |
Bone Tunnels, Suture Repair, or Suture Anchor |
48 years |
48 |
0% across all repair |
43.5% (30) - transosseous repair, 33.3% (23 )- primary suture repair, 18.8% (13) - suture anchor repair |
Horneff et al. [10] |
56 |
Transosseous or Suture Anchor |
52.7 years |
51 |
7.1% (2 transosseous, 2 suture anchor) |
58.9% (33) - transosseous repair, 41.1% (23 ) - suture anchor repair |
Giannicola et al. [11] |
28 |
Transosseous, Suture Anchor, and combination |
45 years |
47.5 |
3.0% (1 suture anchor) |
69% (20) - transosseous repair, 24.1% (7) - suture anchor repair, 6.9% (2) - a combination of both |
Mirzayan et al. [12] |
184 |
Transosseous or Anchor |
49 years |
32 |
3.8 % (7 transosseous repairs) |
57.1% (105) - transosseous repair, 39.6% (73 ) - suture anchor repair, 3.3% (6) - other techniques not documented |