TABLE 1.

Summary of cases of reported osteonecrosis of the humeral head following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery

Authors	Sample size	Sex	Age	Medical history	Side	ON cases	Sex ON cases	Time development	Biceps tenodesis/tenotomy
Magee et al., 1997	50	34 male; 16 female	21–73	Rotator cuff repair in 41 (9 open repair; 32 arthroscopic repair); Arthroscopic debridement in 7; open acromioplasty in 2	Not reported	4	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Hattrup & Cofield, 2000	114	26 male; 88 female	58.8 average	Rotator cuff repair	Not reported	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Beauthier et al., 2010	1	Female	67	Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (3 anchors)	Right	1	Female	8 months	Yes (tenotomy)
Dilisio et al., 2013	3	Female	60–68	Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (1) or debridement (2)	1 Right; 2 not reported	3	Female	8 months	Yes (tenotomy)
Goto et al., 2015	1	Female	69	Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (2 anchors)	Right	1	Female	3–6 months	Ruptured biceps tendon
Cho et al., 2015	1	Female	66	Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (4 anchors)	Right	1	Female	7 months	Not reported
Kim et al., 2018	8	Female	52–74	Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (2–7 range)	Right	8	Female	Mean: 4 months	Yes (tenotomy in 7)