A slight trend was observed for reduced operative time, narcotic use and quicker pain relief in patients undergoing tenotomy.
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The systematic inclusion of adjunctive LHB tenotomy or tenodesis on a healthy normal LHBT with rotator cuff repair has been reported as an increasing trend in the literature [ 269 ].
In comparison, there was an observed trend for lower sensitivity values to rule out partial thickness tears of the LHBT [ 67 , 95 ].
There was an overall trend for low sensitivity and high diagnostic accuracy and specificity values for the exclusion and detection of full thickness and complete tears of the LHBT for both MRI and MRA, respectively, compared with low specificity and sensitivity values to rule in and out partial thickness tears of the LHBT [ 60 , 90 , 118 , 139 , 150 , 155 , 180 , 188 ].
MRI in detecting LHBT pathology to arthroscopy showed a trend for higher specificity for MRI compared to diagnostic ultrasound for identifying proximal LHBT pathology.