Table 4.
Comparison of Patients With Retears Between Both Groups in Terms of Tear Characteristics and Functional Outcomesa
| Isolated SSC RCTs (n = 5) |
Combined AS RCTs (n = 9) |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with Lafosse tear type IV, n (%) | 5 (100) | 4 (44.4) | .037 |
| Tear retraction of SSC, mm | 28.6 ± 15 | 14.8 ± 4.7 | .022 |
| Superoinferior tear dimensions of SSC, mm | 26 ± 9.6 | 14.7 ± 4.8 | .012 |
| Coracohumeral distance, mm | 13.3 ± 4.4 | 10.3 ± 5 | .369 |
| Patients with preoperative unfavorable fatty degeneration of SSC, n (%) | 3 (60) | 4 (44.4) | .557 |
| Pain VAS | 1 ± 2.2 | 0.8 ± 1.3 | .823 |
| Satisfaction VAS | 6 ± 3.9 | 9.6 ± 0.7 | .019 |
| ASES score | 86.3 ± 16.1 | 94.3 ± 5.4 | .191 |
| Simple Shoulder Test score | 9 ± 2.5 | 11 ± 2 | .128 |
| Constant score | 68.2 ± 5.4 | 69.9 ± 5.2 | .576 |
aData are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise specified. AS, anterosuperior; ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; RCT, rotator cuff tear; SSC, subscapularis; VAS, visual analog scale.