The Effect of Biceps Procedure on the Outcome of Rotator Cuff Reconstruction

Table 1

Evaluated symptoms associated to biceps muscle in the tenotomy versus tenodesis group in women and men.

	Tenotomy		Tenodesis
Symptom	𝑛=26		𝑛=24
	♀  13	♂  13	♀  9	♂  15
Popeye deformity	𝑛=8 (31%)		𝑛=3 (13%)		𝑃=0.1192
Women	𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑃=1.0000
Men	𝑛=8 (62%)		𝑛=3 (20%)		𝑃=0.0248
Fatigue or subjective weakness of biceps muscle	𝑛=1 (4%)		𝑛=1 (4%)		𝑃=1.0000
Women	𝑛=1 (8%)		𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑃=0.3944
Men	𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑛=1 (7%)		𝑃=0.3431
Arm cramping	𝑛=2 (8%)		𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑃=0.4906
Women	𝑛=2 (15%)		𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑃=0.4935
Men	𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑛=0 (0%)		𝑃=1.0000