Biomechanical comparison of different suture anchors used in rotator cuff repair surgery–all-suture anchors are equivalent to other suture anchors: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the included suture anchors

	Anchor Name	Study	Material	Suture	Loaded	Diameter	n
All-suture anchor	Iconix	Rosso et al	Braided UHMWP	No. 2 Force Fiber	Single	2.3 mm	10
All-suture anchor	Y-knot	Ntalos et al Ntalos et al Nagra et al	Braided UHMWP	No. 2 HiFi	Single	2.8 mm	24
Biocomposite suture anchor	Bio Corkscrew	Yamauchi et al	Poly-L-lactic acid	No. 2 FiberWire	Single	4.75 mm	5
	Bio Corkscrew FT	Barber et al	Poly-L-lactic acid	No. 2 FiberWire	Single	5.5 mm	12
	Healix BR	Rosso et al	30% b-TCP/ 70% PLGA	No. 2 Orthocord	Single	4.5 mm	10
	SPIRALOK BC	Pietschmann et al	Poly-L-lactic acid	USP 2	Single	5.0 mm	6
PEEK suture anchor	CrossFT PK	Ntalos et al Ntalos et al	PEEK	No. 2 HiFi	Single	4.5 mm	19
	CrossFT PK	Barber et al	PEEK	No. 2 HiFi	Single	5.5 mm	12
	HEALICOIL PK	Yamauchi et al	PEEK	No. 2 Ultrabraid	Single	4.5 mm	5
	TwinFix ultra PK	Nagra et al	PEEK	No. 2 white/Cobraid blue	Single	6.5 mm	4
Metal suture anchor	TwinFix Ti	Rosso et al	Titanium	No. 2 white/Cobraid blue	Single	4.5 mm	10
	Corkscrew FT	Yamauchi et al	Titanium	No. 2 FiberWire	Single	4.5 mm	5
	Super Revo	Pietschmann et al	Titanium	No. 2 HiFi	Single	5.0 mm	6

LEGEND: Characteristics included each anchor name, study resource, anchor material, suture material, repair construction (all single loaded), anchor diameter and numbers. UHMWP Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene, PEEK Polyetheretherketone, β-TCP β-tricalcium phosphate, PLGA Poly lactic-co-glycolic acid