The effect of the number of anchors used in the medial row on clinical outcomes in arthroscopic double row repair of rotator cuff tears: retrospective evaluation of patients with 3 to 7 years of follow-up

Aim: Arthroscopic double row (DR) suture anchor repair is one of the most frequently applied methods in surgical treatment rotator cuff tear (RCT). Various modifications have been tried to eliminate some disadvantages this technique such as operation time, high cost, and risk retearing. In study, we aimed investigate whether placing a single or medial affects clinical functional outcomes retear rates patients with RCT who were operated DR technique.
 Material Method: A retrospective study including 58 aged 18-65 years underwent due medium-sized had minimum follow-up period 3 was conducted. One knotless placed lateral all patients. row, 1 (ASA) group 2 ASAs 2. Visual pain scale (VAS), University California Los Angeles Score (UCLA), American shoulder elbow score (ASES) scales used for preoperative postoperative evaluation, complications retears recorded.
 Results: When VAS, UCLA ASES scores compared within groups, there significant difference from pre- post-operative findings both groups (p 0.05). Operation time Group significantly shorter than