Table 1.
Areas of tendon damage caused by anchors.
| Sample number | (a) Healix Peek anchor (5.5 mm) | (b) Fastin RC anchor (5.0 mm) | (c) Bio-Corkscrew Suture anchor (5.0 mm) | (d) Healix Transtend anchor inserted through the Percannula system (4.0 mm) | (e) Healix Transtend anchor (3.4 mm) without cannula |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.0 | 17.4 | 23.3 | 7.0 | 13.0 |
| 2 | 28.6 | 22.6 | 21.4 | 10.7 | 10.0 |
| 3 | 31.6 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 9.1 | 10.1 |
| 4 | 37.5 | 18.6 | 24.7 | 10.9 | 16.7 |
| 5 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 6.6 | 18.7 |
| 6 | 26.8 | 18.3 | 23.7 | 7.5 | 14.1 |
| 7 | 28.5 | 20.2 | 24.8 | 11.7 | 13.1 |
| Mean | 29.1 | 20.4 | 23.4 | 9.1 | 13.7 |
| SD | 4.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| P (versus a) | 0.0005 | 0.0052 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |
| P (versus b) | 0.0099 | 0.0000 | 0.0008 | ||
| P (versus c) | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | |||
| P (versus d) | 0.0078 |
Note: SD represents standard deviation. P values were obtained by the two-tailed Student's t-test, comparing between two types of anchors as indicated.