Table 1.

Surgical methods on superior capsular reconstruction for rotator cuff tears in previous clinical studies

Study	Graft type	Graft thickness (mm)	Approach	Graft tensioning	Fixation technique	Margin convergence suture	Acromioplasty
Mihata et al. (2018) [25]	TF	6–8	A/S	30°–45° Abduction	Med, 2 anchors;	Anterior	(+)
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row	Posterior
de Campos Azevedo et al. (2018) [22]	TF	5–8	A/S	10° Abduction	Med, 2 anchors;	Anterior	(+/–)
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row	Posterior
Lim et al. (2019) [26]	TF	>6	A/S	NA	Med, 2 or 3 anchors;	Posterior	(+)
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row
Yoon et al. (2018) [27]	TF	NA	A/S	NA	Med, 2 anchors;	Anterior	NA
	Allograft	2			Lat, 2 by 2 double row	Posterior
Lee and Min (2018) [23]	TF	~6	A/S	30° Abduction	Med, 2 anchors;	Posterior	NA
	A few allograft	NA			Lat, 2 anchors single row
Hirahara et al. (2017) [28]	ADM	1.5/3.5	A/S	NA	Med, 2 by 1 PASTA	Anterior	NA
					bridge;	Posterior
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row
Pogorzelski et al. (2017) [29]	ADM	3	A/S	NA	NA	NA	NA
Denard et al. (2018) [20]	ADM	1/2/3	A/S	NA	Med, 2 or 3 anchors;	Posterior	(+/–)
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row
Pennington et al. (2018) [24]	ADM	3	A/S	45° Abduction	Med, 3 push-in anchors;	Anterior	(+/–)
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row	Posterior
Burkhart et al. (2020) [21]	ADM	3	A/S	20°–30° Abduction	Med, 2 or 2 anchors;	Anterior	NA
					Lat, 2 by 2 double row	Posterior

TF: tensor fascia lata, ADM: acellular dermal matrix, A/S: arthroscopic approach, Med: medial, Lat: lateral, NA: not available, PASTA: partial articular-sided supraspinatus tendon avulsion.