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Table 1 Demographic and surgical details of the enrolled patients

From: Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with and without subacromial decompression is safe and effective: a clinical study

VARIABLES

GROUP A (pts = 54, s = 59)

GROUP B (pts = 53, s = 57)

P value

Age mean + SD (range)

59 + 10 (range 29 to 76)

56.2 + 8.5 (range 29 to 70)

0.05

Gender male:female

24:30

25:28

0.46

Arm dominance dominant:nondominant

44:15

45:12

0.5

Trauma traumatic:degenerative

13:46

12:45

0.86

Size of lesion non massive:massive

39:20

44:13

0.08

LHB pathology

 none

34

19

0.02*

 tear

17

24

0.03*

 tendinophaty

8

14

0.05

LHB management

 none

29

24

0.32

 tenotomy

23

21

0.77

 tenodesis

7

12

0.07

Acromion shape

 I

25

28

0.32

 II

26

22

0.38

 III

8

7

0.83

  1. LHB long head of the biceps; SD standard deviation; pts patients; s shoulders
  2. * statistically significant