Table 2.
Surgical techniques and concomitant procedures.
| Study | Surgical technique | Total N of anchors | Type of anchors | Type and size of suture | Type of knots | Concomitant procedures | Complications | |
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| Castricini et al. [80], 2011 | Control group | Arthroscopic RC repair with double-row technique | 2 for each patients | Metal suture anchors (Fastin RC Anchor; DePuy Mitek) | No. 2 Ethibond Excel (Ethicon) | Medial sutures: nonsliding knot in a mattress configuration; lateral sutures: sliding knot | Acromionplasty 25; Tenodesis 22; Tenotomy 5 | 0 |
| PRP group | Arthroscopic RC repair with double-row technique with membrane of PRFM augmentation | 2 for 41 patients and 3 for 2 patients | Acromionplasty 12; Tenodesis 21; Tenotomy 3 | 0 | ||||
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| Randelli et al. [82], 2011 | Control group | Arthroscopic RC repair with single-row technique | 1.6 ± 0.7 | Absorbable suture anchors (Bio-Corkscrew; Arthrex) |
— | — | Acromionplasty 27; Tenodesis 1; Tenotomy 18 | 0 |
| PRP group | Arthroscopic RC repair with single-row technique and injection of PRP and autologous thrombin | 2 ± 0.9 | — | — | Acromionplasty 26; Tenodesis 4; Tenotomy 15 | 0 | ||
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| Jo et al. [81], 2011 | Control group | Arthroscopic RC repair with suture bridge technique | 2 or 3 for small/medium tears; 3 to 5 for large/massive tear | Absorbable suture anchors (Bio-Corkscrew; Arthrex); PushLocks (Arthrex) |
No. 1 Polydioxanone II suture (Ethicon) | Medial sutures: slippage proof knot; knotless suture anchor repair | Acromionplasty 4 | 0 |
| PRP group | Arthroscopic RC repair with suture bridge technique and application of PRP gel | Acromionplasty 3 | 0 | |||||
RC: rotator cuff; PRFM: platelet-rich fibrin matrix.