Table 4.
Outcome Scores Considering Severity and Shape of Tear
| Patients With Full-Thickness Tears (n = 26) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patte Classification |
Tear Shape |
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| Patte Stage 3 (n = 7) | No Retraction or Patte Stage 1 or 2 (n = 19) | P Value | U-Shaped (n = 14) | All Other Shapes (n = 12) | P Value | |
| ASES shoulder score | ||||||
| Preoperative | 21.90 ± 22.16 | 30.96 ± 17.01 | .132 | 26.07 ± 21.06 | 31.38 ± 15.47 | .226 |
| Postoperative | 87.13 ± 10.16 | 95.08 ± 7.05 | .033∗ | 90.1 ± 9.08 | 95.83 ± 7.26 | .047∗ |
| P value | .018∗ | .001∗ | — | .001∗ | .002∗ | — |
| UCLA shoulder score | ||||||
| Preoperative | 8.71 ± 6.37 | 14.26 ± 5.13 | .059 | 12.14 ± 6.60 | 13.50 ± 5.66 | .624 |
| Postoperative | 30.14 ± 3.48 | 33.37 ± 1.97 | .020∗ | 31.57 ± 2.98 | 33.58 ± 2.23 | .050∗ |
| P value | .020∗ | .001∗ | — | .001∗ | .001∗ | — |
| VAS score | ||||||
| Preoperative | 7.71 ± 2.49 | 7.16 ± 1.74 | .463 | 7.36 ± 2.30 | 7.25 ± 1.48 | .638 |
| Postoperative | 1.0 ± 1.41 | 0.58 ± 0.96 | .473 | 0.86 ± 1.23 | 0.50 ± 0.90 | .362 |
| P value | .018∗ | .001∗ | — | .001∗ | .001∗ | — |
NOTE. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. All patients with full-thickness tears showed significant improvements in clinical scores from preoperatively to postoperatively. Patients with either Patte stage 3 retraction or U-shaped tears had significantly lower clinical outcome scores than patients with less severe retraction or non–U-shaped tears.
ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles; VAS, visual analog scale.
∗
Statistically significant (P < .05).