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Table 2.

Literature-Reported Radiographic Versus Clinical Results of Superior Capsular Reconstruction

Study	Radiographic Results	Clinical Results
Lacheta et al.⁵ (N = 21)	Graft integrity at tuberosity 100%, midsubstance 76%, and glenoid 81%	No significant difference in clinical outcome (torn vs not torn)
Denard et al.¹⁴ (N = 20, 59)	45% had a completely healed Graft	74.6% had a successfulclinical outcome
Burkhart and Hartzler¹⁷ (N = 10)	70% had a completely healed Graft	90% had a successful outcome
Acevedo et al.¹² (N = 43)	38% had an intact graft, 33% had a tear at the glenoid, 12% had a midsubstance tear, 14% had a tear at tuberosity, and 2% had an absent graft	No significant difference in clinical outcome between those with intact graft and those with tear at the glenoid
		Those with a tear at the tuberosity had significantly less improvement compared with intact or glenoid tear
Mirzayan et al.¹⁵ (N = 22)	41% of grafts intact	Significant clinical improvement for intact grafts and those that still covered the tuberosity
		No improvement if graft torn from tuberosity
Campbell et al.¹⁸ (N = 24)	50% intact, 33% torn from glenoid, and 17% torn elsewhere	Evidence of clinical improvement, but no significant correlation between graft integrity and clinical outcome
Lee et al.¹⁹ (N = 46)	65% intact, 22% lateral tear, 7% midsubstance tear, 4% medial tear, and 2% both medial and lateral tear	Significant clinical improvement for all patients using ASES, VAS, and Constant scales
		Significant improvement in ROM only for intact group

ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; ROM, range of motion; VAS, visual analog scale.