Table 1.

Critical surgical steps in surgical techniques studies.

Study (Year)	Anesthesia	Position	Surgical Steps
			Subacromial Decompression	Subscapularis Repair	LHBT Graft Harvesting Through Separate Incision	LHBT Fixation	Management of LHBT Distal to Fixation	RC Tear
Adrian (2020) [18]	N/R	Beach chair or lateral decubitus	Bursectomy, optional acromioplasty	N/R	No	1 Anchor to GT	Intact, rerouted	Partial repair
Boutsiadis (2017) [7]	General and interscalene block	Beach chair	Bursectomy, acromioplasty	Yes	No	1 Anchor to GT	Tenotomy	Partial repair, side-to-side to LHBT
Chiang (2019) [21]	General	Beach chair	Bursectomy, optional acromioplasty	N/R	No	1 Anchor to GT	Tenotomy or tenodesis	Repair including LHBT
Fandridis (2020) [17]	N/R	Lateral decubitus	Bursectomy, optional acromioplasty	Yes	8–12 cm sufficient for double-bundle	2 anchors to superior glenoid, 2 anchors to GT	Tenodesis	Partial repair, side-to-side to LHBT
Hermanowicz (2018) [23]	General	Beach chair	Bursectomy, optional acromioplasty	Yes	No	1 Anchor to GT	Intact	Partial repair, side-to-side to LHBT
Kim Y. (2018) [16]	General	Lateral decubitus	Bursectomy, optional acromioplasty	N/R	No	1 Anchor to GT, 1 anchor for medial LHBT to anterior footprint	Intact, rerouted	Partial repair
Kim D. (2019) [19]	General and suprascapular block	Beach chair	Bursectomy, acromioplasty	N/R	14 cm sufficient for double- or triple-bundle	2 anchors to superior glenoid, 4 anchors to GT	Tenodesis	Partial repair, side-to-side to LHBT
Kim D. (2020) [22]	General	Beach chair	Bursectomy, acromioplasty	N/R	No	1 Anchor to GT	Intact	Partial repair including LHBT
Milano (2020) [20]	General and/or interscalene block	Beach chair or lateral decubitus	Bursectomy	Yes	No	1 Anchor to GT	Tenotomy	Repair including LHBT

N/R: Not reported; LHBT: Long head of biceps tendon; GT: Greater tuberosity; RC: Rotator cuff.