Table 1.
General study characteristics
| Study | LOE | LHB Procedure | Patient No. | Male Patients, % | Mean Patient Age, y | Mean Follow-up, mo | FOM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franceschi et al7 | I | Tenotomy | 27 | 55.6 | 64.7 | 62.4 | UCLA |
| Kim et al11 | II | Tenotomy | 20 | 45.0 | 63.3 | 24.0 | UCLA ASES SST |
| Dezaly et al5 | II | Tenotomy | 68 | 44.1 | 67.5 | 12.0 | Constant |
| Koh et al12 | II | Tenotomy | 41 | 22.0 | 66.0 | 27.9 | ASES |
| Tenodesis | 43 | 37.2 | 65.0 | 27.1 | Constant | ||
| De Carli et al4 | I | Tenotomy | 30 | NR | 56.9 | 23.0 | Constant |
| Tenodesis | 35 | NR | 56.3 | 25.0 | SST | ||
| Zhang et al27 | I | Tenotomy | 77 | 46.8 | 61.0 | 25.0 | Constant |
| Tenodesis | 74 | 47.3 | 61.0 | 25.0 | VAS | ||
| Checchia et al2 | IV | Tenodesis | 15 | 60.0 | 62.0 | 32.4 | UCLA |
| Franceschi et al7 | IV | Tenodesis | 22 | 50.0 | 59.2 | 47.3 | UCLA |
| Nho et al19 | IV | Tenodesis | 13 | 84.6 | 54.7 | 34.6 | ASES SST VAS |
| Ji et al9 | IV | Tenodesis | 39 | 38.5 | 56.2 | 16.0 | UCLA ASES SST VAS |
| Kim et al10 | IV | Tenodesis | 20 | 60.0 | 56.0 | 32.0 | ASES Constant VAS |
| Lu et al16 | IV | Tenodesis | 41 | 46.3 | 57.7 | 12.0 | UCLA Constant SST VAS |
ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score; Constant, Constant-Murley score; DASH, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand score; FOM, functional outcome measures; LHB, long head of the biceps tendon; LOE, level of evidence; NR, not reported; repairable RCT, repairable rotator cuff tear (as determined by study investigators); SST, Simple Shoulder Test score; UCLA, University of California Los Angeles score; VAS, visual analog scale.