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Table 1 Descriptive data of 66 patients (Complete Repair vs Partial Repair group)

From: Pre-operative factors correlated with arthroscopic reparability of large-to-massive rotator cuff tears

Predictive factors

Complete Repair (n = 54)

Partial Repair (n = 12)

p-value

Age

59.31(range 25–84)

67.75(range 47–81)

.015

Male

27 (50%)

8 (66.67%)

0.295

Duration of onset (weeks)

22.24(range 3–98)

27.54(range 5–104)

0.634

Traumatic event

31 (57.41%)

5 (41.67%)

0.322

Rotator cuff arthropathy

 • Grade 0

15 (27.78%)

0 (0%)

0.004

 • Grade 1

33 (61.11%)

5 (41.67%)

 • Grade 2

3 (5.56%)

5 (41.67%)

 • Grade 3

2 (3.70%)

1 (8.33%)

 • Grade 4

1 (1.85%)

1 (8.33%)

 • Grade 5

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

AHI

7.92 (range 0–15.36)

5.14 (range 1.30–10.21)

0.003

IGHD

3.85 (range (−4.3)-14.36)

6.62 (range (−3.35)-10.85)

0.036

Mediolateral tear size

28.48 (range11.74–48.3)

39.75 (range28–48.27)

.001

Anteroposterior tear size

19.94 (range0–44.56)

30.76 (range10–47.3)

.002

Fatty infiltration (Goutallier staging)

 • Supraspinatus muscle

  ο Stage 0

33 (61.11%)

1 (8.33%)

<.001

  ο Stage 1

10 (18.52%)

3 (25%)

  ο Stage 2

5 (9.26%)

2 (16.67%)

  ο Stage 3

3 (5.56%)

5 (41.67%)

  ο Stage 4

3 (5.56%)

1 (8.33%)

 • Infraspinatus muscle

  ο Stage 0

35 (64.81%)

3 (25%)

.031

  ο Stage 1

5 (9.26%)

3 (25%)

  ο Stage 2

5 (9.26%)

2 (16.67%)

  ο Stage 3

4 (7.41%)

3 (25%)

  ο Stage 4

5 (9.26%)

1 (8.33%)

 • Subscapularis muscle

  ο Stage 0

36 (66.67%)

5 (41.67%)

.199

  ο Stage 1

9 (16.67%)

4 (33.33%)

  ο Stage 2

3 (5.56%)

2 (16.67%)

  ο Stage 3

2 (3.70%)

1 (8.33%)

  ο Stage 4

4 (7.41%)

0 (0%)

 • Teres minor muscle

  ο Stage 0

40 (74.07%)

8 (66.67%)

.701

  ο Stage 1

9 (16.67%)

3 (25%)

  ο Stage 2

3 (5.56%)

1 (8.33%)

  ο Stage 3

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  ο Stage 4

2 (3.70%)

0 (0%)

Muscle atrophy

 • Supraspinatus muscle

  ο None

33 (61.11%)

0 (0%)

.001

  ο Mild

11 (20.37%)

7 (58.33%)

  ο Moderate

7 (12.96%)

5 (41.67%)

  ο Severe

3 (5.56%)

0 (0%)

 • Infraspinatus muscle

  ο None

44 (81.48%)

7 (58.33%)

.163

  ο Mild

3 (5.56%)

4 (33.33%)

  ο Moderate

2 (3.73%)

0 (0%)

  ο Severe

5 (9.26%)

1 (8.33%)

 • Subscapularis muscle

  ο None

36 (87.72%)

11 (91.67%)

.639

  ο Mild

3 (6.98%)

0 (0%)

  ο Moderate

0 (0%)

1 (8.33%)

  ο Severe

4 (9.30%)

0 (0%)

 • Teres minor muscle

  ο None

47 (87.04%)

12 (100%)

.502

  ο Mild

3 (5.56%)

0 (0%)

  ο Moderate

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

  ο Severe

4 (7.41%)

0 (0%)