Table 5.

Summary of literature on débridement of partial-thickness rotator cuff tears involving athletes

Studies on cuff débridement involving athletes	Key data and reported results
Budoff et al. [4]	89% success rate
	31% of athletes continued to have pain
Andrews et al. [2]	85% success rate of returning to a competitive level
	34 total patients (all throwing athletes)
	64% of patients were baseball players, half of these were professional
Snyder et al. [36]	84% success rate
	31 total patients (No high-level overhead throwers)
Altchek and Carson [1]	80% success rate
	50 total patients (all throwing athletes)
Riand et al. [31]	80% success rate
	Mostly overhead throwing athletes, but no baseball players
Payne et al. [30]	72% success rate, but only 51% returned to pre-injury level of competition
	43 total patients (20 baseball/softball players)
Ogilvie-Harris and Wiley [28]	50% success rate
	57 total patients
Tibone et al. [39]	22% returned to same sporting level