Table III.
Preoperative vs. postoperative functional results, as per size of tear.
| Size of tear | ASES |
QuickDASH |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤3 cm (n = 75) |
>3cm (n = 62) |
P value | ≤3 cm (n = 75) |
>3cm (n = 62) |
P value | |
| (mean; 95% CI) | (mean; 95% CI) | (mean; 95% CI) | (mean; 95% CI) | |||
| Before surgery | 23.5; | 20.9; | .15 | 58.8; | 59.8; | .71 |
| 0-50.1 | 0-49.1 | 19.7-97.8 | 18.4-100 | |||
| After surgery | 93.0; | 90.93; | .029 | 3.7; | 3.1; | .34 |
| 70.4-100 | 70.0-100 | 0-18.1 | 0-13.9 | |||
| Improvement | 69.51 | 70.0 | .68 | 55.1 | 56.7 | .59 |
ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; CI, confidence interval.