Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Full-thickness tears	Less than three years of follow-up
Medium-sized full-thickness tears [39]	Massive retracted tears at surgery
Primary repair	Partial tears at surgery
Degenerative and traumatic tears	Associated subscapularis tendon tears
Long Head Biceps Brachi diseases	Subsequent surgery in the same shoulder
Written informed consent	Preoperative MRI unavailable
	Previous infection in the same shoulder
	Cuff tear arthropathy