Clinical Study

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

Table 2

Constant scores in women and men (no biceps procedure, tenotomy and tenodesis).

Preoperative and 1-year postoperative age-adjusted Constant scores

No biceps procedure46.6 (SE 2.8)73.1 (SE 1.8)55.4 (SE 2.4)79.6 (SE 1.9)
Tenotomy45.4 (SE 4.4)79.2 (SE 2.8)60.0 (SE 4.7)79.5 (SE 3.7)
Tenodesis55.9 (SE 4.8)71.7 (SE 3.0)61.8 (SE 4.1)82.5 (SE 3.2)

Improvement of Constant scores at 3 months compared to preoperative scores

No biceps procedure7.8 ( )10.9 ( )
Tenotomy13.6 ( )8.7 ( )
Tenodesis−5.1 ( )5.2 ( )

Improvement of Constant scores at 1 year compared to preoperative scores

No biceps procedure26.5 ( )24.1 ( )
Tenotomy33.8 ( )19.5 ( )
Tenodesis15.7 ( )20.7 ( )

SE: Standard Error.