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Factors that affect outcomes
| Age |
| Gender |
| Smoking |
| Size of the tear |
| Tendon quality |
| Healing of the rotator cuff repair |
| Hyperlipidemia |
| Worker’s compensation status |
| Fatty infiltration of the muscle |
| Traumatic onset of the lesion |
| Obesity |
| Diabetes |
| Multiple tendon involvement |
| High WBC |
| Additional procedures during the repair surgery |
