Demographic data | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Combined | Failure of conservative treatment |  | |
 | No | Yes | p value | |
Total of patients | 53 | 32 | 21 | Â |
Age (mean, SD), years | 63.2 ± 10.4 | 67.8 ± 8.4 | 56.14 ± 9.2 |  < 0.001 |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 40% (21/53) | 43% (9/21) | 57% (12/21) |  |
 Female | 60% (32/53) | 72% (23/32) | 28% (9/32) | 0.035 |
Shoulder involved | ||||
 Left | 47% (25/53) | 60% (15/25) | 40% (20/25) |  |
 Right | 53% (28/53) | 61% (17/28) | 39% (11/28) | 0.958 |
Manual Worker | ||||
 No | 92% (46/50) | 65% (30/46) | 35% (16/46) |  |
 Yes | 8% (4/50) | 25% (1/4) | 75% (3/4) | 0.147 |
Location of tendon tear | ||||
 Only supraspinatus | 53% (28/53) | 50% (14/28) | 50% (14/28) |  |
 Supraspinatus + Infraspinatus | 47% (25/53) | 72% (18/25) | 28% (7/25) | 0.102 |
Diabetes | ||||
 No | 87% (46/53) | 59% (27/46) | 41% (19/46) |  |
 Yes | 13% (7/53) | 71% (5/7) | 29% (2/7) | 0.69 |
Hypothyroidism | ||||
 No | 84% (45/53) | 58% (26/45) | 42% (19/45) |  |
 Yes | 15% (8/53) | 75% (6/8) | 25% (2/8) | 0.45 |
Tobacco use | ||||
 No | 88% (46/52) | 63% (29/46) | 37% (17/46) |  |
 Yes | 12% (6/52) | 50% (3/6) | 50% (3/6) | 0.66 |