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Table 2 Patient demographics

From: Examination of concomitant glenohumeral pathologies in patients treated arthroscopically for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder and implications for routine diagnostic joint exploration

Parameter

N = 145

%

Gender

Male

49

33.8

Female

96

66.2

Mean age at surgery in years1

Max: 76 - Min: 32

50.9 ± 8.9

ICRS cartilage injury – humeral head [23]

0

66

45.5

1

43

29.7

2

34

23.4

3

0

0

4

2

1.4

ICRS cartilage injury – glenoid [23]

0

70

48.3

1

38

26.2

2

35

24.1

3

2

1.4

4

0

0

Previous shoulder surgery

At the contralateral side

4

2.6

Intraarticular lesions

 

2

1.4

Intraarticular Co-pathology

Partial tear of the proximal biceps tendon (30% - 50% in relative width)

3

2.1

SLAP lesion

2

1.4

Interval rotator cuff lesion

1

0.7

Capsular type (n = 1 missing) [22]

1

135

93.1

2

2

1.4

3

7

4.8

4

0

0

Intraoperative sublabral foramen

Yes

10

6.9

No

131

90.3

Buford complex

4

2.8

Side of injury

Left shoulder

66

45.5

Right shoulder

79

54.5

Dominant shoulder

48

33.1

  1. Demographic characteristics of the study population
  2. ICRS International Cartilage Repair Society, SLAP Superior labral tear from anterior to posterior, 1 Mean ± SD